Ward · London Borough of Hounslow
Cranford.
Cranford sees an approval rate of 57% — 12 points below the Hounslow average across 219 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 42.6%.[1]
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Cranford · Hounslow
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219
Applications 2022–26
Decided applications
57%
Approval rate
12pp below borough avg (70%)
42.6%
Refusal rate
6th highest of 43
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Hounslow planning records and committee minutes, 2022–26.
Ward overview
Cranford recorded 219 substantive planning decisions over 2022–26, approving 57% of them — 12 percentage points below the Hounslow borough average of 70%. Its refusal rate of 42.6% is 6th highest of 43.
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 Hounslow planning register and published decision notices, 2022–26. · 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.