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London Borough of Redbridge planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

London Borough of Redbridge decided more than 3,400 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 20% of those it approved or refused, higher than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 32 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on London Borough of Redbridge’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for London Borough of Redbridge

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from London Borough of Redbridge’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 3,400
Share refusedof those approved or refused 20%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 32 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings 13%of more than 860 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 320
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 25%about one in four
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 67plan adopted 2018

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on London Borough of Redbridge’s planning applications.

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on public safety.”

    Dismissed, 2023

  • “The main issues in both appeals are: • The effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area; • Whether the proposed development would provide suitable living conditions for the future occupiers, with particular regard to…”

    Dismissed, 2020

  • “The main issues are: • the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the appeal site and its surroundings; • the effect of the proposed development on the living conditions of the occupants of neighbouring properties…”

    Dismissed, 2019

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Allowed, 2018

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.