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Tower Hamlets.

Tower Hamlets is a London borough with an approval rate of 81% across 6,021 substantive planning decisions spanning 22 wards. Most decisions here are made under delegation rather than at committee.[1]

Inner London22 wards225 appeals99% delegatedSave
Tower Hamlets · 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
At a glance · tap a metric to drill into this boroughAll investigations →
What wins here — Tower Hamlets's policy playbook[3]

What Tower Hamlets 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.

Full / major
Conditions
Listed
Lawful
Data from publicly available Tower Hamlets planning records and committee minutes 2020-01 – 2026-05.
Case officers
Officer
Active
Applications
Approval rate
Mostly decides
to 2024-11
627
99%
Full / major planning
Active
241
83%
Full / major planning
Active
231
80%
Full / major planning
to 2023-03
230
76%
Full / major planning
Active
225
77%
Full / major planning
to 2024-08
215
73%
Full / major planning
Active
214
76%
Full / major planning
Active
188
89%
Full / major planning
to 2024-11
186
77%
Full / major planning
to 2022-08
165
74%
Full / major planning
Active
158
75%
Full / major planning
to 2024-11
155
72%
Full / major planning
to 2024-11
627
99%
Full / major planning
Active
241
83%
Full / major planning
Active
231
80%
Full / major planning
Show all 12 rows
to 2023-03
230
76%
Full / major planning
Active
225
77%
Full / major planning
to 2024-08
215
73%
Full / major planning
Active
214
76%
Full / major planning
Active
188
89%
Full / major planning
to 2024-11
186
77%
Full / major planning
to 2022-08
165
74%
Full / major planning
Active
158
75%
Full / major planning
to 2024-11
155
72%
Full / major planning

Approval rates per officer, 2020–2026. Based on decided applications only. All Tower Hamlets officers →

Planning committee members
Councillor
Ward
Party
Active
Cttee votes
Leaning
Island Gardens
Labour
Active
21
subscribers
Labour
to 2022-03
16
subscribers
Labour
to 2022-03
10
subscribers
Bow East
Labour
to 2019-11
7
subscribers
Labour
to 2021-08
6
subscribers
Conservative
to 2021-01
5
subscribers
Labour
to 2021-01
5
subscribers
Labour
to 2020-12
5
subscribers
Island Gardens
Labour
Active
21
subscribers
Labour
to 2022-03
16
subscribers
Labour
to 2022-03
10
subscribers
Show all 8 rows
Bow East
Labour
to 2019-11
7
subscribers
Labour
to 2021-08
6
subscribers
Conservative
to 2021-01
5
subscribers
Labour
to 2021-01
5
subscribers
Labour
to 2020-12
5
subscribers

Councillors on Tower Hamlets's planning committee, by their recorded committee votes. “Leaning” = whether they tend to vote to approve or refuse. Full voting records →

Wards — ranked
Ward
Applications
Approval rate
Refusal rate
131
88%
12.3%
319
87%
12.7%
716
86%
14.5%
99
84%
15.6%
142
83%
16.5%
700
83%
16.8%
345
82%
18.1%
111
81%
18.9%
174
81%
19.4%
111
78%
22.4%
163
77%
22.9%
212
74%
25.9%
405
74%
26.4%
116
73%
27.0%
194
72%
27.8%
227
72%
28.1%
202
72%
28.5%
131
88%
12.3%
319
87%
12.7%
Show all 22 rows
716
86%
14.5%
99
84%
15.6%
142
83%
16.5%
700
83%
16.8%
345
82%
18.1%
111
81%
18.9%
174
81%
19.4%
111
78%
22.4%
163
77%
22.9%
212
74%
25.9%
405
74%
26.4%
116
73%
27.0%
194
72%
27.8%
227
72%
28.1%
202
72%
28.5%

Click the map above to explore spatially, or a row to open the ward profile.

Consultant performance
Consultant
Applications
Approval rate
1. CMA Planning
139
96%
2. Cityscape PA
107
62%
3. Rolfe Judd Planning
81
91%
4. DP9 Ltd
75
91%
5. Turley
64
94%
6. Potter Raper Partnership
57
96%
7. Savills
47
88%
8. Faithorn Farrell Timms LLP
44
91%
1. CMA Planning
139
96%
2. Cityscape PA
107
62%
3. Rolfe Judd Planning
81
91%
Show all 8 rows
4. DP9 Ltd
75
91%
5. Turley
64
94%
6. Potter Raper Partnership
57
96%
7. Savills
47
88%
8. Faithorn Farrell Timms LLP
44
91%

Rankings based on applications submitted and decided. Performance from public planning records.

At a glance[2]
BoroughTower Hamlets
London approval avg81%
London overturn avg26%
Total appeals225
Appeals allowed53 (23.6%)
Conditions / approval2.44
Local plan

The adopted Tower Hamlets 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.

What wins →

Sources & method
  1. [1]Approval rates, decision times, delegation and ward breakdowns — London Borough of Tower Hamlets planning register and published decision notices, 2020–2026. · methodology
  2. [2]London benchmarks, appeal overturn rates, appeals allowed and costs awarded — Planning Inspectorate (PINS) published appeal decisions. · PINS appeals casework
  3. [3]“What wins here” — Tower Hamlets’s substantive decision record grouped by application type; committee refusal grounds and cited policies coded from published committee minutes.
  4. [4]Condition load — mean effective conditions attached to Tower Hamlets grant/split decision notices, parsed from the published notice text (1,136 high-confidence notices).
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.