Planning Permission in Hackney: 87.9% Approval Rate

Hackney Planning Trends

Hackney recorded 3,025 planning applications in this London planning dataset, including 2,354 applications with an approval or refusal decision. Its approval rate is 87.9%, 2.7 percentage points above the London average (higher than average).

Approved applications in Hackney took 8.8 weeks on average. That is 0.2 weeks above the London average (slower than average). The ward with the most applications in this dataset is De Beauvoir Ward, with 258 applications.

Total decisions

2,354

Approval rate

87.9%

Weeks to decision

8.8


Hackney total	2,354	87.9% 87.9%	8.8
City of London (N)	5	100.0% 100.0%	6.1
London Borough of Haringey	2	100.0% 100.0%	1.0
London Borough of Islington	6	100.0% 100.0%	4.5
London Borough of Newham (N)	1	100.0% 100.0%	4.9
London Borough of Tower Hamlets (N)	8	100.0% 100.0%	3.1
London Borough of Waltham Forest	2	100.0% 100.0%	3.3
Victoria Ward	113	93.8% 93.8%	8.3
De Beauvoir Ward	214	93.5% 93.5%	7.8
Hackney Downs Ward	109	92.7% 92.7%	8.3
Haggerston Ward	60	91.7% 91.7%	7.7
Dalston Ward	136	91.2% 91.2%	7.9
Shacklewell Ward	64	90.6% 90.6%	9.6
Hoxton West Ward	62	90.3% 90.3%	10.8
Kings Park Ward	76	89.5% 89.5%	8.0
Brownswood Ward	88	88.6% 88.6%	6.8
Hoxton East and Shoreditch Ward	146	88.4% 88.4%	10.7
London Fields Ward	161	88.2% 88.2%	8.1
Hackney Central Ward	141	87.9% 87.9%	9.3
Hackney Wick Ward	88	86.4% 86.4%	9.8
Springfield Ward	133	85.7% 85.7%	9.3
Lea Bridge Ward	131	84.7% 84.7%	9.8
Cazenove Ward	101	84.2% 84.2%	8.5
Homerton Ward	86	83.7% 83.7%	10.1
Clissold Ward	104	82.7% 82.7%	9.1
Stoke Newington Ward	165	82.4% 82.4%	8.8
Woodberry Down Ward	65	81.5% 81.5%	9.3
Stamford Hill West Ward	83	80.7% 80.7%	8.9
London Legacy Development Corporation	0	--	0.0

Source: Planning London Datahub. Data covers period April 2025 to July 2026. Approval rate excludes applications still awaiting a decision.

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