Lordswood & Walderslade planning approval rate
Lordswood & Walderslade ward in Medway has a 84.9% approval rate based on 159 planning decisions. Medway overall: 88.1%.
Last updated: April 2026
84.9%
ward approval rate
159
Decisions
135
Approved
24
Refused
88.1%
Medway average
Lordswood & Walderslade is 3.2 percentage points below the Medway average, suggesting slightly tighter scrutiny in this ward. Preparation matters more here.
How Lordswood & Walderslade compares
Lordswood & Walderslade ward
84.9%
Medway overall
88.1%
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Recent decisions in Lordswood & Walderslade
Construction of a single storey extension to side of existing Garden Centre · Wed 10 Dec 2025
Reserved Matters application for Phase 3 (For the construction of 263 dwellings · Tue 25 Nov 2025
Reserved Matters application for Phase 2 (for the construction of 36 residential · Tue 25 Nov 2025
Reserved Matters application for Phase 4 (for the construction of 198 residentia · Tue 25 Nov 2025
Outline application with all matters reserved for one additional detached dwelli · Fri 21 Nov 2025
What gets approved near your property?
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✓ Common refusal reasons in Medway
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 10,302 decisions.
Other wards in Medway
River Ward (89.5%)
Rainham Central Ward (90.9%)
Strood Rural Ward (86.9%)
Rochester West Ward (95.4%)
Peninsula Ward (87.9%)
Hempstead And Wigmore Ward (89.4%)
Strood North Ward (86.4%)
Chatham Central & Brompton (91.8%)
Rainham South Ward (90.5%)
Rochester South & Horsted Ward (90.7%)
Rochester West & Borstal (92.0%)
Strood Rural (94.7%)