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Planning committee.

Newham's planning committee decides the applications officers don't settle under delegation. It approved 93% of the 237 decisions that reached it, hears just 2% of decisions to committee, and of the 33 refusals traced in recent minutes, 5 were overturned at appeal. Where it acts, and on what, is below.[1]

Labour majority237 committee decisions2020–26
Newham · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
At a glanceEach metric links to the investigation behind it
All investigations →
237
Committee decisions
2020–26
—
Members
Labour majority
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
Public planning-committee records, minutes and decision notices. Conduct in an official capacity only.
Members refusing officer-recommended approvals — London-wide[3]Dashed line = average per year
avg 4492016302017212018382019652020552021582022462023512024702025

Committee refusals of officer-recommended approvals traced in minutes across all 33 boroughs, by year. Newham's own officer-alignment trend needs the officer recommendation on each committee item — a minutes-level source still being loaded.

What goes to committee — by application type[1]
Full Planning Permission: 44% — click to filter the pageLocal Authority Regulation 3 Application: 24%Variation of Condition: 15%Reserved Matters: 5%Other: 12%
Full Planning Permission44%
Local Authority Regulation 3 Application24%
Variation of Condition15%
Reserved Matters5%
Other12%

Share of the 234 committee decisions on record. The call-in reason itself comes from committee minutes — not yet loaded.

In context — Versus London committees
Refusals in committee minutes33 · 12th of 33
lower is betterdashed = London avg
Refused against officer advice ⚠ unverified14 · 10th of 33
lower is betterdashed = London avg
Refusals overturned at appeal5 · 9th of 33
lower is betterdashed = London avg
Grounds the committee acts on[2]

The policies most often cited on Newham refusal notices — borough-wide, across officer and committee decisions alike. Which of these specifically drove a committee departure from the officer recommendation needs minute-level coding, not yet loaded, so the two aren't separated below.

NPPF1,168×
D1, D3, D4 and D8 of The London Plan180×
D1, D3 and D4 of the London Plan144×
D1, D3, D4 and D8 of the London Plan136×
S1, S6, SP1, SP2, SP3, SP8, H1 and H4 of the London Borough of Newham Local Plan112×
GG4, H8 and H10 of The London Plan108×
S6, SP1, SP2, SP3 and SP8 of the London Borough of Newham Local Plan105×
GG4, D1, D3, D4 and D6 of the London Plan100×

692 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Newham. How often a refusal on each ground survives appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

How Newham applies its planning policies →
Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approved
11
11/11
10
9/10
8
8/8
7
7/7
7
4/7
5
5/5
5
5/5
4
4/4
3
3/3
3
2/3
3
3/3
3
2/3
2
1/2
2
2/2
2
2/2
2
2/2
1
1/1
1
1/1
1
1/1
11
11/11
10
9/10
8
8/8
Show all 19 rows
7
7/7
7
4/7
5
5/5
5
5/5
4
4/4
3
3/3
3
2/3
3
3/3
3
2/3
2
1/2
2
2/2
2
2/2
2
2/2
1
1/1
1
1/1
1
1/1

Where the 80 committee decisions on record land, 2020–26.[1] Click the map above to explore spatially, or a row to open the ward.

The members — votes recorded

Member by member: the planning-committee votes recorded against each councillor in the published minutes, and how they lean.[2] How often each votes with the officer recommendation needs the officer rec on every item — not yet loaded, so it isn't shown.

Committee membership for Newham is still being matched from the minutes — no member-level voting records to show yet.

Meeting minutes

The committee figures on this page are derived from Newham's published decision notices and committee minutes. Agendas, full minutes and webcasts are published on the council's own democracy website — the source of truth for every meeting.

How these figures are derived — methodology ↗
Recent committee decisions
Address
Reference
Type
Outcome
Date
19/03261/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-12-19
20/01136/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-04-06
19/03261/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-12-19
20/01136/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-04-06
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Committee members— subscriber data

Committee membership for Newham is still being matched from the minutes.

At a glance
CommitteePlanning Committee
ControlLabour majority
Members—
Decisions237 (2020–26)
Committee approval93%
Delegated98%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
Committee members

Still being matched from the minutes.

Related investigations
Committee Watch →
When members overturn the officer line — and how those calls fare at appeal.
The politics of housing in Newham →
Council composition, and how each councillor votes on planning applications.
Sources & method
  1. [1]Committee vs delegated split, committee approval rate and every committee-decided application — the decision-level field on Newham's published decision notices, 2020–26. · methodology
  2. [2]Committee membership, party control and per-member vote counts — Newham membership records and published planning-committee minutes; member matching across inconsistent name forms is still being completed.
  3. [3]Refusals against officer advice and appeal outcomes — committee minutes cross-matched with Planning Inspectorate appeal decisions (Committee Watch dataset, all 33 boroughs). · Committee Watch
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.