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Kingston upon Thames

In the last 12 months, 78.0% of householder applications were approved in Kingston upon Thames (246 decided). A typical householder decision takes about ten weeks (median 68 days).

Full planning applications: 72.8% approved (103 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-05-16–2026-06-19): 73.6% of 2,706 decisions approved.

3,352Total applications
1,991Approved
715Refused
66Withdrawn
311Pending
73.6%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
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By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 978 721 257
73.7%
Discharge of Conditions 486 383 103
78.8%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 409 286 123
69.9%
Full Planning Application 344 215 129
62.5%
Tree Works (Conservation Area) 204 204 0
100.0%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 75 42 33
56.0%
Tree Works (TPO) 46 23 23
50.0%
Advertisement Consent 45 37 8
82.2%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 34 16 18
47.1%
Listed Building Consent 21 18 3
85.7%
Legal Agreement 13 12 1
92.3%
Prior Approval (Other) 9 5 4
55.6%
Council Regulation 3 8 8 0
100.0%
Telecommunications 7 1 6
14.3%
Adjoining Authority Consultation 6 6 0
100.0%
Prior Approval (Class MA — Commercial to Residential) 5 3 2
60.0%
permitted development enquiry 3 3 0
100.0%
Uncategorised 3 2 1
66.7%
Deed of Variation 3 3 0
100.0%
Outline Planning 2 0 2
0.0%
Permission in Principle 2 1 1
50.0%
Discharge of condtions 1 1 0
100.0%
Change of Use 1 1 0
100.0%
PA Construction of New Dwellings 1 0 1
0.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 210 165
78.6%
2023-Q4 245 166
67.8%
2024-Q1 226 162
71.7%
2024-Q2 235 164
69.8%
2024-Q3 228 169
74.1%
2024-Q4 228 166
72.8%
2025-Q1 263 177
67.3%
2025-Q2 279 209
74.9%
2025-Q3 237 167
70.5%
2025-Q4 213 167
78.4%
2026-Q1 234 193
82.5%
2026-Q2 43 34
79.1%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Kingston Town 279 210 69
75.3%
Coombe Hill 222 153 69
68.9%
New Malden Village 199 137 62
68.8%
Surbiton Hill 198 154 44
77.8%
Coombe Vale 196 147 49
75.0%
Kingston Gate 164 134 30
81.7%
Norbiton 157 128 29
81.5%
Tolworth 156 112 44
71.8%
St Mark's & Seething Wells 152 118 34
77.6%
Chessington South & Malden Rushett 116 85 31
73.3%
Old Malden 115 83 32
72.2%
Alexandra 113 80 33
70.8%
Planning guides

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