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LPA Profile

What we hold on a single planning authority: appeal behaviour, what they refuse on, which policies they cite, and how current their local plan is. For the national league table and 47-year statistical history, see Council Performance.

Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council

GSS E09000027 · Portal: agile (untested) · council register

Applications we hold
992
2025-12-29 – 2026-04-02
Refusal rate (our sample)
0.3%
3 of 992 — a sample, not the register
Appeals overturned
36.73%
256 allowed of 767 appeals
Local plan age
adoption date not published
This authority is overturned on appeal in 36.73% of decided appeals. A high overturn rate is a material consideration when weighing appeal against resubmission — but check the sample size and read comparable decisions first.

How this council decides

Measured against the published determination target on 992 decisions. Average window from valid date to target: 53 days (the statutory period is 56 days for most applications, 91 for majors).

64%
decided early
(4+ days before target)
12%
on the deadline
(final 3 days)
24%
after the target
54
average days
from valid to decision

This authority is mixed: a substantial share of decisions land after the statutory target, so treat the target as indicative.

Which day decisions land

Mon
19.1%
Tue
16.9%
Wed
24.3%
Thu
19.7%
Fri
20.1%

An even working week is 20% a day. Amber marks a day carrying 26% or more.

By application type

TypeDecisionsAfter targetOn deadline
Householder planning permission 231 28% 17%
Tree works: Trees in conservation areas/subjec 211 7% 8%
Approval of details reserved by a condition (d 114 43% 7%
Lawful development: Proposed use 107 6% 10%
All Other 87 38% 14%
Full planning permission 68 38% 16%
Prior Approval: Larger Home Extension 25 4% 20%
Removal/Variation of a condition 25 24% 28%

What "after the target" means. Published data cannot distinguish an agreed extension of time from a target that was simply missed — both appear the same way. This measures when the decision was issued relative to the statutory target, and nothing more. Deadline data is currently available for London authorities only.

Development plan

Richmond upon Thames Local Plan ‘The best for our borough’ (2024 to 2039)
Adoption date not published in the national register
Plan documents

National statistics for this authority →

Councils with data on file

Westminster (2216) Barnet (1595) Wandsworth (1096) Ealing (1016) Enfield (999) Richmond upon Thames (992) Lambeth (926) Redbridge (913) Southwark (907) Cornwall (900) Croydon (872) Greenwich (776) Islington (774) Hillingdon (763) Havering (675) Brent (675) Kingston upon Thames (665) Hounslow (649) Haringey (648) Newham (618) Bexley (569) Gateshead Council (458) Tower Hamlets (441) Camden (422)

On the numbers. The refusal rate, officers and agents here are computed from the applications PlanningCore has collected for this authority — for most councils that is a recent sample rather than the full register, and the date range above tells you which. The appeal overturn rate comes from Planning Inspectorate decisions and covers a much longer period. Use the national statistics page for complete, official volumes.

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