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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.

Tower Hamlets London Borough Council

GSS E09000030 · Portal: idox (ok) · council register

Applications we hold
441
2026-01-05 – 2026-04-02
Refusal rate (our sample)
7.7%
34 of 441 — a sample, not the register
Appeals overturned
no PINS appeals matched
Local plan age
adoption date not published

How this council decides

Measured against the published determination target on 122 decisions. Average window from valid date to target: 154 days (the statutory period is 56 days for most applications, 91 for majors).

The target here has usually already been extended. 49% of these applications carry a target more than 100 days after validation. Hitting that target is not the same as determining within the statutory period, so the percentages below describe performance against a renegotiated date — not against the 8-week clock.

11%
decided early
(4+ days before target)
78%
on the deadline
(final 3 days)
11%
after the target
163
average days
from valid to decision

Read the deadline figures here with care. This authority's published target sits well beyond the statutory period — on average 154 days from the valid date against a 56-day (8-week) statutory period — which means the target has typically already been extended. Meeting it is not the same as determining on time. In practice a decision takes about 163 days from validation.

Which day decisions land

Mon
18.9%
Tue
10.7%
Wed
17.2%
Thu
22.1%
Fri
31.1%

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

By application type

TypeDecisionsAfter targetOn deadline
Full planning permission 34 6% 76%
Full planning & listed building consent 17 6% 82%

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

Emerging Draft Local Plan
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) Brent (675) Havering (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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