Westminster is a London borough with an approval rate of 89% across 27,722 substantive planning decisions spanning 23 wards. Most decisions here are made under delegation rather than at committee.[1]
Inner London23 wards323 appeals99% delegatedSave
Westminster · 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 Westminster 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 Westminster's planning committee, by their recorded committee votes. “Leaning” = whether they tend to vote to approve or refuse. Full voting records →
The adopted Westminster 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 Westminster planning register and published decision notices, 2020–2026. · methodology
[3]“What wins here” — Westminster’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 Westminster grant/split decision notices, parsed from the published notice text (3,452 high-confidence notices).
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.