Reigate & Banstead vs Tower Hamlets — planning approval compared

How do planning outcomes differ between Reigate & Banstead and Tower Hamlets? A side-by-side comparison based on 25,310 combined decisions.

Last updated: March 2026

Reigate & Banstead: 88.5%

13,176 decisions · 11,660 approved · 1,516 refused · 17 wards

Tower Hamlets: 87.9%

12,134 decisions · 10,667 approved · 1,467 refused · 22 wards

Overall approval rates

Reigate & Banstead (13,176 decided)

88.5%

Tower Hamlets (12,134 decided)

87.9%

By application type

Advertisement — Reigate & Banstead (28 decided)

0.0%

Advertisement — Tower Hamlets (517 decided)

82.0%

Certificate of Lawfulness — Reigate & Banstead (1,041 decided)

83.5%

Change of Use — Reigate & Banstead (81 decided)

87.7%

Discharge of Conditions — Tower Hamlets (3,070 decided)

97.2%

Full — Reigate & Banstead (5,133 decided)

86.9%

Full — Tower Hamlets (3,864 decided)

78.7%

Listed Building — Reigate & Banstead (142 decided)

88.0%

Listed Building — Tower Hamlets (830 decided)

88.2%

Other — Reigate & Banstead (5,045 decided)

93.2%

Other — Tower Hamlets (3,061 decided)

88.4%

Prior Approval — Reigate & Banstead (144 decided)

67.4%

Prior Approval — Tower Hamlets (17 decided)

94.1%

Trees — Reigate & Banstead (1,562 decided)

85.3%

Trees — Tower Hamlets (775 decided)

98.6%

What the numbers mean

There is a 0.6 percentage point difference in overall approval rates between these councils. Tower Hamlets is the stricter of the two, which means similar applications may face higher refusal risk there. However, approval rates vary by ward and application type, so your specific situation may differ from the averages.

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