Ward · London Borough of Newham
Custom House.
Custom House sees an approval rate of 77% — 2 points below the Newham average across 247 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 23.3%.[1]
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Custom House · Newham
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247
Applications 2020–26
Decided applications
77%
Approval rate
2pp below borough avg (78%)
23.3%
Refusal rate
13th highest of 28
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Newham planning records and committee minutes, 2020–26.
Ward overview
Custom House recorded 247 substantive planning decisions over 2020–26, approving 77% of them — 2 percentage points below the Newham borough average of 78%. Its refusal rate of 23.3% is 13th highest of 28.
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 Newham 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.