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Ward · London Borough of Greenwich

West Thamesmead.

West Thamesmead sees an approval rate of 68% — 5 points below the Greenwich average across 102 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 31.8%.[1]

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102
Applications 2020–26
Decided applications
68%
Approval rate
5pp below borough avg (73%)
31.8%
Refusal rate
10th highest of 34
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Greenwich planning records and committee minutes, 2020–26.
Ward overview

West Thamesmead recorded 102 substantive planning decisions over 2020–26, approving 68% of them — 5 percentage points below the Greenwich borough average of 73%. Its refusal rate of 31.8% is 10th highest of 34.

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]
WardWest Thamesmead
CouncilGreenwich
Applications102 (2020–26)
Approval rate68%
Refusal rate31.8%
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 Greenwich 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.