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Chessington South & Malden Rushett.

Chessington South & Malden Rushett sees an approval rate of 62% — 9 points below the Kingston Upon Thames average across 311 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 38.1% — the highest in the borough.[1]

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Chessington South & Malden Rushett · Kingston Upon Thames
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311
Applications 2020–26
Decided applications
62%
Approval rate
9pp below borough avg (71%)
38.1%
Refusal rate
Highest in Kingston Upon Thames
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Kingston Upon Thames planning records and committee minutes, 2020–26.
Ward overview

Chessington South & Malden Rushett recorded 311 substantive planning decisions over 2020–26, approving 62% of them — 9 percentage points below the Kingston Upon Thames borough average of 71%. Its refusal rate of 38.1% is highest in kingston upon thames.

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]
WardChessington South & Malden Rushett
Applications311 (2020–26)
Approval rate62%
Refusal rate38.1%
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. [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Kingston Upon Thames planning register and published decision notices, 2020–26. · 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.