Ward · London Borough of Hackney
Brownswood.
Brownswood sees an approval rate of 77% — 2 points below the Hackney average across 357 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 23.2%.[1]
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Brownswood · Hackney
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357
Applications 1998–19
Decided applications
77%
Approval rate
2pp below borough avg (79%)
23.2%
Refusal rate
10th highest of 37
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Hackney planning records and committee minutes, 1998–19.
Ward overview
Brownswood recorded 357 substantive planning decisions over 1998–19, approving 77% of them — 2 percentage points below the Hackney borough average of 79%. Its refusal rate of 23.2% is 10th highest of 37.
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.
Sources & method
- [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Hackney planning register and published decision notices, 1998–19. · 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.