Ward · London Borough of Hillingdon
NORTHWOOD 2022.
NORTHWOOD 2022 sees an approval rate of 85% — 5 points above the Hillingdon average across 634 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 15.1%.[1]
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NORTHWOOD 2022 · Hillingdon
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634
Applications 2022–26
Decided applications
85%
Approval rate
5pp above borough avg (79%)
15.1%
Refusal rate
37th highest of 42
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Hillingdon planning records and committee minutes, 2022–26.
Ward overview
NORTHWOOD 2022 recorded 634 substantive planning decisions over 2022–26, approving 85% of them — 5 percentage points above the Hillingdon borough average of 79%. Its refusal rate of 15.1% is 37th highest of 42.
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]
WardNORTHWOOD 2022
CouncilHillingdon
Applications634 (2022–26)
Approval rate85%
Refusal rate15.1%
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 Hillingdon planning register and published decision notices, 2022–26. · 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.