London Residential Planning Approvals Dashboard from the Planning London Datahub

Greater London Authority provides a dashboard of residential planning approvals data supplied by applicants and boroughs. The data is not quality-checked upon receipt and may be amended as part of an ongoing data improvement program. This dashboard is part of a suite including commencements, completions, and pipeline reports.

Use Cases

• Monitor residential development pipeline based on approval volumes mentioned in the description
• Assess borough-level planning activity based on the annual data submission process
• Identify potential data quality issues for residential approvals as highlighted in the data improvement program

Strengths

• Data covers residential approvals across all London boroughs
• An active data improvement program is increasing data availability and quality

Limitations

• Data is supplied by applicants and authorities without initial quality checks, requiring user review
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Planning London Datahub (PLD), supplied by applicants and Planning Authorities

Collection Method

Data supplied by applicants and boroughs on an annual basis, assimilated without initial quality checks

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 21:04:37.168541; freshness should be verified

Geography

Greater London, borough-level