LDD Planning Approvals by Borough 2009: London Development Permissions

London planning approvals statistics for the 2008/09 financial year from the London Development Database. The data includes approval type, gross units by tenure, and floor space, recorded by London Boroughs and checked by the Greater London Authority. Figures cover permissions meeting specific development criteria related to residential units, non-residential floorspace, bedrooms, and public open space.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial distribution of new residential development based on borough-level data.
• Track changes in non-residential floor space by use class across London.
• Monitor housing stock additions and tenure types from planning permissions.
• Assess the impact of planning criteria thresholds on reported development activity.

Strengths

• Data is checked by the Greater London Authority for consistency across London.
• Covers a specific financial year (01/04/2008 to 31/03/2009).
• Includes explicit development criteria for inclusion, such as a change of 1,000m2 or more of non-residential floorspace.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data excludes figures below the LDD criteria thresholds, which may omit smaller developments.

Provenance

Source

Greater London Authority

Collection Method

Data entered by London Boroughs and checked by the GLA.

Time Range

2008-04-01 to 2009-03-31

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:44.785908; freshness should be verified.

Geography

London, United Kingdom, by borough