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Ward · London Borough of Barking And Dagenham

River.

River sees an approval rate of 59% — 4 points below the Barking And Dagenham average across 90 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 41.4%.[1]

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River · Barking And Dagenham
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90
Applications 2020–25
Decided applications
59%
Approval rate
4pp below borough avg (63%)
41.4%
Refusal rate
6th highest of 22
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Barking And Dagenham planning records and committee minutes, 2020–25.
Ward overview

River recorded 90 substantive planning decisions over 2020–25, approving 59% of them — 4 percentage points below the Barking And Dagenham borough average of 63%. Its refusal rate of 41.4% is 6th highest of 22.

Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Reference
Address
Type
Outcome
Date
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.

At a glance[1]
WardRiver
Applications90 (2020–25)
Approval rate59%
Refusal rate41.4%
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. [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Barking And Dagenham planning register and published decision notices, 2020–25. · methodology
  2. [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
  3. [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
  4. [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.