Newham is a London borough with an approval rate of 78% across 6,983 substantive planning decisions spanning 28 wards. Most decisions here are made under delegation rather than at committee.[1]
Outer London28 wards209 appeals98% delegatedSave
Newham · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%Higher ~90%
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
What Newham actually approves — its whole decision record, by application type — and the grounds its committee refuses on. Click through for the refusal grounds and the policies cited in the minutes.
Councillors on Newham's planning committee, by their recorded committee votes. “Leaning” = whether they tend to vote to approve or refuse. Full voting records →
The adopted Newham Local Plan (targets, CIL, plan period) is a separate source still being loaded. What the record already shows: which applications win here, and the grounds refusals cite.
[1]Approval rates, decision times, delegation and ward breakdowns — London Borough of Newham planning register and published decision notices, 2020–2026. · methodology
[3]“What wins here” — Newham’s substantive decision record grouped by application type; committee refusal grounds and cited policies coded from published committee minutes.
[4]Condition load — mean effective conditions attached to Newham grant/split decision notices, parsed from the published notice text (2,373 high-confidence notices).
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.