London borough planning figures
Approval rates and decisions for each of London’s 33 planning authorities in the 12 months to the latest snapshot, computed monthly from each council’s published planning register. Ranked views are in the league tables.
| Borough | Approval rate | Decided (12 months) | Band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 63% | 553 | C |
| Barnet | 69% | 4,488 | B |
| Bexley | 77% | 2,075 | A |
| Brent | 76% | 1,395 | A |
| Camden | 87% | 1,351 | D |
| City of London | 91% | 1,666 | E |
| Croydon | 71% | 3,057 | C |
| Ealing | 56% | 3,692 | E |
| Enfield | 77% | 3,941 | A |
| Hackney | 69% | 2,295 | E |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 89% | 1,270 | D |
| Haringey | 75% | 2,231 | D |
| Harrow | 67% | 1,729 | C |
| Havering | 51% | 2,313 | E |
| Hillingdon | 84% | 2,465 | B |
| Hounslow | 78% | 2,395 | B |
| Islington | 70% | 2,225 | D |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 74% | 881 | E |
| Kingston upon Thames | 68% | 2,531 | C |
| Lambeth | 71% | 3,204 | D |
| Lewisham | 78% | 1,771 | B |
| Merton | 88% | 1,320 | D |
| Newham | 75% | 2,362 | C |
| Redbridge | 69% | 2,798 | A |
| Richmond upon Thames | 66% | 3,197 | B |
| Southwark | 89% | 3,286 | A |
| Sutton | 66% | 1,677 | B |
| Tower Hamlets | 84% | 1,519 | C |
| Waltham Forest | 77% | 1,915 | A |
| Wandsworth | 89% | 3,690 | A |
| Westminster | 79% | 8,465 | E |
Not ranked
We don’t publish a borough’s decision figures when its published planning data shows fewer than 20 decisions in the window, or when it records no refusals at all across 100 or more decisions, which means we can’t yet read how that council words its decisions.
What the bands mean
Each band combines a borough’s approval rate (55%) with the share of its decisions made within the statutory time (45%), then places the borough in fifths across London: A is the top fifth, E the bottom. It describes the borough’s decisions as a whole, not how any one scheme will fare. How bands are worked out
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Figures computed from decided planning applications published by each borough: the October 2026 snapshot, computed 10 October 2026. Coverage: 33 London planning authorities. A borough with fewer than 20 decisions in the window is shown as “too few decisions” rather than ranked, and one that records no refusals across 100 or more decisions is left unranked until we can read its decision wording. See the methodology.