Ward · London Borough of City Of London
Portsoken.
Portsoken sees an approval rate of 88% — 11 points below the City Of London average across 35 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 12.5% — the highest in the borough.[1]
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Portsoken · City Of London
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35
Applications 2020–26
Decided applications
88%
Approval rate
11pp below borough avg (98%)
12.5%
Refusal rate
Highest in City Of London
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
Portsoken recorded 35 substantive planning decisions over 2020–26, approving 88% of them — 11 percentage points below the City Of London borough average of 98%. Its refusal rate of 12.5% is highest in city of london.
Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
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.
Who decides here
At a glance[1]
WardPortsoken
CouncilCity Of London
Applications35 (2020–26)
Approval rate88%
Refusal rate12.5%
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]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]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
- [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
- [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.