Wandsworth Planning Applications

Review Wandsworth planning permission trends by ward, including applications, approval rate and average weeks to decision.

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Wandsworth Planning Trends

Wandsworth recorded 5,170 planning applications in this London planning dataset, including 4,081 applications with an approval or refusal decision. Its approval rate is 90.8%, 5.6 percentage points above the London average (higher than average).

Approved applications in Wandsworth took 9.7 weeks on average. That is 1.1 weeks above the London average (slower than average). The ward with the most applications in this dataset is Wandsworth Common, with 424 applications.

Total decisions

4,081

Approval rate

90.8%

Weeks to decision

9.7


Wandsworth total	4,081	90.8% 90.8%	9.7
Earlsfield - Historic	3	100.0% 100.0%	15.2
East Putney - Historic	1	100.0% 100.0%	3.0
Nine Elms	106	100.0% 100.0%	15.3
Tooting - Historic	1	100.0% 100.0%	7.7
West Hill - Historic	3	100.0% 100.0%	7.5
South Balham	167	98.2% 98.2%	7.8
Falconbrook	60	95.0% 95.0%	11.8
Shaftesbury & Queenstown	139	94.2% 94.2%	10.6
St Mary's	109	93.6% 93.6%	10.5
Northcote	193	93.3% 93.3%	9.8
Lavender	159	93.1% 93.1%	9.8
Wandle	142	93.0% 93.0%	10.0
Balham	266	92.5% 92.5%	9.1
Battersea Park	130	92.3% 92.3%	10.1
Southfields	157	91.7% 91.7%	8.6
East Putney	206	90.8% 90.8%	9.1
Furzedown	192	90.6% 90.6%	9.9
West Putney	278	90.3% 90.3%	10.6
Roehampton	121	90.1% 90.1%	9.9
West Hill	154	88.3% 88.3%	10.6
Thamesfield	272	88.2% 88.2%	9.8
Tooting Broadway	220	88.2% 88.2%	10.0
Wandsworth Common	373	87.7% 87.7%	8.5
Tooting Bec	165	87.3% 87.3%	9.8
Trinity	213	87.3% 87.3%	8.0
Wandsworth Town	233	86.7% 86.7%	9.2
Balham - Historic	0	--	0.0
Fairfield - Historic	0	--	0.0
Graveney - Historic	0	--	0.0
Queenstown - Historic	0	--	0.0
St. Mary's Park - Historic	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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