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Bishopsgate.

Bishopsgate sees an approval rate of 98% — 1 points below the City Of London average across 263 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 2.4%.[1]

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Bishopsgate · City Of London
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263
Applications 2020–26
Decided applications
98%
Approval rate
1pp below borough avg (98%)
2.4%
Refusal rate
7th highest of 24
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available City Of London planning records and committee minutes, 2020–26.
Ward overview

Bishopsgate recorded 263 substantive planning decisions over 2020–26, approving 98% of them — 1 percentage points below the City Of London borough average of 98%. Its refusal rate of 2.4% is 7th highest of 24.

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]
WardBishopsgate
Applications263 (2020–26)
Approval rate98%
Refusal rate2.4%
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 City Of London 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.