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Ward · London Borough of Waltham Forest

Markhouse.

Markhouse sees an approval rate of 80% — 5 points above the Waltham Forest average across 368 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 20.4%.[1]

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368
Applications 2020–26
Decided applications
80%
Approval rate
5pp above borough avg (75%)
20.4%
Refusal rate
22nd highest of 24
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Waltham Forest planning records and committee minutes, 2020–26.
Ward overview

Markhouse recorded 368 substantive planning decisions over 2020–26, approving 80% of them — 5 percentage points above the Waltham Forest borough average of 75%. Its refusal rate of 20.4% is 22nd highest of 24.

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]
WardMarkhouse
Applications368 (2020–26)
Approval rate80%
Refusal rate20.4%
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 Waltham Forest 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.