This Week in Astor // 13 Jul–19 Jul 2026
We saw a busy seven days to 19 July, with Wandsworth and Richmond upon Thames leading activity across the London portals we automate. In our records, 230 decisions fell in the same week, of which 182 were approvals.
In short
Over the week to 19 July, 2,348 applications were filed across the London boroughs in Astor's records. Wandsworth and Richmond upon Thames dominated activity. Of 230 decisions decided last week, 182 were approved. Lewisham approved a condition submission for accessible housing at Waldram Crescent. We simplified lender workflow screens and launched search indexing on the free planning-risk check.
Lewisham approved condition submission DC/21/122328 at Land at Waldram Crescent to the rear of 1-17 Stanstead Road, SE23, covering accessible, adaptable and wheelchair user dwellings for an earlier permission dating to September 2020. For lenders and developers working on adaptive reuse or phased schemes in the borough, the approval signals compliance pathway clarity on accessible housing delivery.
Wandsworth led with 395 new applications filed last week, followed by Richmond upon Thames on 366. Islington, Westminster and Leeds each saw new filings in the low-to-mid hundreds, with activity across 38 boroughs in our records in total.
We simplified the lender deal-overview page by folding the Documents checklist and Sensitivities directly onto the main view, collapsing the navigation to five core tabs plus an overflow menu to cut clutter and duplication. The free /check/ planning-risk tool is now indexed for search and now shows borough sold prices and a gated profile of planning risk by category, ranked as a ledger with honest coverage of what Astor covers.
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