Empress planning approval rate
Empress ward in Rushmoor has a 96.6% approval rate based on 616 planning decisions. Rushmoor overall: 96.5%.
Last updated: March 2026
96.6%
ward approval rate
616
Decisions
595
Approved
21
Refused
96.5%
Rushmoor average
Empress is broadly in line with the Rushmoor average — neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Empress compares
Empress ward
96.6%
Rushmoor overall
96.5%
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Recent decisions in Empress
Erection of front porch · Tue 23 Dec 2025
T1 Silver Birch of TPO 444V - remove tree to fence height. Left hand boundary be · Tue 23 Dec 2025
Conversion and extension of Units 16-18 with partial internal works to Unit 20, · Tue 02 Dec 2025
Installation of air source heat pump to side elevation · Mon 01 Dec 2025
One Sweet Chestnut to front (T6 of TPO 316) crown reduction by no more than 4 me · Tue 25 Nov 2025
What gets approved near your property?
In Rushmoor, 1 in 29 applications are refused. Your PlanningLens Pro Report gives you 17 pages of intelligence specific to your property:
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✓ Common refusal reasons in Rushmoor
✓ 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 4,157 decisions.