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Greenwich

In the last 12 months, 77.2% of householder applications were approved in Greenwich (395 decided). A typical householder decision takes about ten weeks (median 69 days).

Full planning applications: 74.9% approved (359 decided).

Across all application types on record (2010-07-19–2026-07-03): 80.9% of 8,664 decisions approved.

10,294Total applications
7,005Approved
1,659Refused
408Withdrawn
492Pending
80.9%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
10,062Not Available
128Delegation
11Planning Board
1Greenwich Area Committee
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 1,899 1,335 564
70.3%
Discharge of Conditions 1,615 1,487 128
92.1%
Full Planning Application 1,289 934 355
72.5%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 1,096 1,081 15
98.6%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 1,019 809 210
79.4%
Prior Approval (Other) 441 233 208
52.8%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 223 197 26
88.3%
Listed Building Consent 217 191 26
88.0%
Advertisement Consent 191 141 50
73.8%
Tree Works (TPO) 150 145 5
96.7%
Informal S106 149 149 0
100.0%
Consultation by other Borough\LDDC 128 116 12
90.6%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 98 75 23
76.5%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 45 34 11
75.6%
Telecommunications 26 9 17
34.6%
Development by Govt Dept/Stat.Und. 23 23 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 19 19 0
100.0%
Other Developments 11 6 5
54.5%
Reserved Matters 9 9 0
100.0%
Biodiversity Gain Plan 5 5 0
100.0%
Cert of Appropriate Alt Develpment 3 3 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 2 0 2
0.0%
Section 106 2 2 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 2 0 2
0.0%
Demolition 1 1 0
100.0%
Non Material 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 668 518
77.5%
2023-Q4 727 568
78.1%
2024-Q1 667 547
82.0%
2024-Q2 722 577
79.9%
2024-Q3 727 570
78.4%
2024-Q4 746 584
78.3%
2025-Q1 527 437
82.9%
2025-Q2 584 498
85.3%
2025-Q3 764 632
82.7%
2025-Q4 764 652
85.3%
2026-Q1 711 585
82.3%
2026-Q2 82 71
86.6%
2026-Q3 1 1
100.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
BLACKHEATH WESTCOMBE 1,234 1,098 136
89.0%
GREENWICH PARK 746 647 99
86.7%
ELTHAM TOWN & AVERY HILL 586 433 153
73.9%
ELTHAM PARK & PROGRESS 569 459 110
80.7%
PLUMSTEAD & GLYNDON 463 345 118
74.5%
GREENWICH PENINSULA 441 410 31
93.0%
MOTTINGHAM, COLDHARBOUR & NEW ELTHAM 403 260 143
64.5%
EAST GREENWICH 395 310 85
78.5%
PLUMSTEAD COMMON 369 279 90
75.6%
SHOOTERS HILL 361 288 73
79.8%
WOOLWICH ARSENAL 356 319 37
89.6%
KIDBROOKE PARK 317 228 89
71.9%
Planning guides

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