Richmond upon Thames planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, updated daily. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames received 820 planning applications in the last 90 days, 4 of them major schemes. 88% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 44 days.
Search Richmond upon Thames planning applications
Filter by type, value, date and status. The council's own register is on the official London Borough of Richmond upon Thames planning portal.
Recent applications in Richmond upon Thames
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
Hampton Care, Upper Sunbury Road, Hampton, TW12 2DW
Single-storey orangery and entrance works at Hampton Care, Richmond. Adds a conservatory, new building entrance, veranda and landscaping to an existing care facility at full application stage. Glazing, structural frame and external finishes drive the package, with parking reconfiguration and site…
GroundworksStructural frameGlazing
UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER BOATHOUSE HARTINGTON ROAD CHISWICK W4 3UJ
Temporary sports changing and toilet block, Westminster Boathouse. Three-year temporary facility at Chiswick adding changing and sanitary provision for boathouse users, consultation stage. Modular building, drainage connection and internal fit-out with commercial-grade sanitaryware are the live…
GroundworksM&EFit-out
96 Kew Road Richmond TW9 2PQ
Commercial kitchen extraction and odour control fit-out, Richmond. Installs a kitchen extraction system with external ductwork and plant to an existing café/restaurant, plus bin store relocation, at full application stage. M&E, ductwork and odour-control packages suit specialist mechanical…
M&EFit-out
3 Warwick Close Hampton TW12 2TY
Rear extension with garage conversion, Hampton. Adds a bi-fold and side-door rear extension, rooflights, and converts garage doors to windows with full internal refurbishment at full application stage. Glazing, doors, internal partitioning and M&E rewiring dominate the scope for local specialists.
BrickworkRoofingGlazing
87 Sheen Lane East Sheen London SW14 8AE
Single-storey rear and side extension, East Sheen. Adds ground-floor space to an existing house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing, groundworks and glazing packages suit local subcontractors in this premium London market.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
6 Gloucester Road Teddington TW11 0NU
Ground-floor rear extension and window replacement, Teddington. Adds living space and new fenestration to an existing house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and glazing packages suit local specialists in this high-value London suburb.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
23A, Hampton Road, Teddington, TW11 0JN
Entrance lobby extension and hipped roof conversion, Teddington. Adds a front entrance lobby and replaces an existing flat roof with a pitched hipped roof at full application stage. Roofing, brickwork and structural steels for the new opening drive the package in this high-value south-west London…
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
32 Ennerdale Road Kew
Garage conversion to habitable residential space, Kew. Repurposes an existing garage with a new window opening at full application stage. M&E, damp-proofing and insulation dominate in a high-value market where fit-out standards command premium specification.
Fit-outM&EGlazing
69, Flat 1, St Margarets Road, Twickenham, TW1 2LL
Rear extension with internal reconfiguration and new staircase, Twickenham. Adds a new rear extension to a flat in a building containing multiple units, removes an external concrete stair, and installs a spiral staircase replacement at full application stage. Groundworks, brickwork, steelwork for…
GroundworksBrickworkRoofing
27 Rothesay Avenue Richmond TW10 5EB
Single-storey rear extension with rooflights, Richmond. Adds ground-floor living space to an existing house at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and groundworks packages suit local subcontractors, with glazing for the rooflights.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
92, Madrid Road, London, SW13 9PG
Front dormer, roof replacement and boundary works, Richmond. Adds a dormer bedroom, new roofing, doors, windows and external structures to an existing house at full application stage. Roofing, glazing, masonry and joinery packages open first, with HVAC and garden structures following.
RoofingJoineryGlazing
92, Madrid Road, London, SW13 9PG
Single-storey rear extension replacing conservatory and projection, Richmond. Demolishes existing rear structures and erects a new single-storey extension at full application stage. Groundworks, brickwork and roofing packages suit local contractors in a high-value London market.
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
21, Cole Park Road, Twickenham, TW1 1HP
Loft conversion with front, rear and side dormers plus rooflight, Twickenham. Converts existing roofspace to a habitable bedroom through replacement and new dormer windows at full application stage. Roofing, joinery and glazing packages dominate, with structural steels over the new openings.
RoofingJoineryGlazing
115 Haliburton Road Twickenham Middlesex TW1 1PE
Ground-floor extension to a Twickenham house. Adds living space to the ground level at full householder application stage. Brickwork, roofing, groundworks and glazing suit local subcontractors in a premium London market.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
94 Buckingham Road, Hampton
Single-storey rear and first-floor side extensions, Hampton. Adds ground-floor living and an upper storey side element to an existing house at full application stage. Roofing, brickwork and glazing packages with groundworks for the rear footings.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
Planning appeals in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, raw rate
35.7%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
31.3%
national rates applied to this caseload
4.4 percentage points above expected. London Borough of Richmond upon Thames's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
1,565 appeals counted, 1,492 judged either way (533 allowed, 959 dismissed), 73 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Householder (HAS) | 43.8% | 35.6% | 685 | 667 | 292 |
| Planning Appeal | 29.6% | 28.8% | 655 | 638 | 189 |
| Enforcement Notice | 23.4% | 13.5% | 82 | 64 | 15 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 35% | 36.9% | 43 | 40 | 14 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 20.7% | 25% | 37 | 29 | 6 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 46.2% | 33.3% | 28 | 26 | 12 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 9.1% | 20.6% | 13 | 11 | 1 |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | 20% | 8.1% | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | 20% | 25.2% | 5 | 5 | 1 |
6 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advertisement Appeal | Too few judged | 36% | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Section 106 Agreement | Too few judged | 39.8% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Common Land | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rights Of Way - Schedule 14A | None judged | Not published | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tree Replacement Notice | Too few judged | 31.9% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder87% (940 decided)
- other93% (344 decided)
- residential75% (59 decided)
- commercial82% (44 decided)
Nearby councils
Comparing planning tools?
What you get with SiteLens
Map and project brief
Every application mapped, with its category, trade, estimated value band and a plain-English brief.
Constraints and tenders
24 constraint flags on every site, and the public tenders and awards near it.
Daily alerts
New matching applications from this council, by email each morning.
Who's behind it (Pro)
The agent and applicant, their contact details where published, and the company directors.
Start tracking Richmond upon Thames today
The Free plan is free forever, no card needed. Pro is £39/mo, or £29/mo billed annually.
Start for free