Ward · London Borough of Waltham Forest
Hoe Street.
Hoe Street sees an approval rate of 76% — 4 points above the Waltham Forest average across 1,181 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 24.3%.[1]
Waltham Forest1,181 applications
Postcodes (centres) shaded by approval rate · click one to open it
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
1,181
Applications 2007–26
Decided applications
76%
Approval rate
4pp above borough avg (72%)
24.3%
Refusal rate
20th highest of 24
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Waltham Forest planning records and committee minutes, 2007–26.
Ward overview
Hoe Street recorded 1,181 substantive planning decisions over 2007–26, approving 76% of them — 4 percentage points above the Waltham Forest borough average of 72%. Its refusal rate of 24.3% is 20th highest of 24.
Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Committee members for this ward
Councillor
Party
Role
Interventions
Success rate
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Interventions: formal calls to bring an application before committee. Success rate: percentage where the committee sided with the councillor against officer recommendation.
Who decides here
At a glance[1]
WardHoe Street
CouncilWaltham Forest
Applications1,181 (2007–26)
Approval rate76%
Refusal rate24.3%
Decision time8.7 wks avg
Ward members2 (both Labour)
Planning constraints[2]
Conservation areas2
Article 4 directions2
Listed buildings17
TPO trees43
Flood zoneZone 1 (low)
Sources & method
- [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Waltham Forest planning register and published decision notices, 2007–26. · methodology
- [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
- [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
- [4]Application-type mix and refusal grounds — case-officer reports coded against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.