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Planning committee.

City Of London's planning committee decides the applications officers don't settle under delegation. It approved 88% of the 92 decisions that reached it, hears just 1.2% of decisions to committee, and of the 12 refusals traced in recent minutes, 1 was overturned at appeal. Where it acts, and on what, is below.[1]

35 members92 committee decisions2020–26
City Of London · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
At a glanceEach metric links to the investigation behind it
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92
Committee decisions
2020–26
35
Members
voting membership from minutes
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
Public planning-committee records, minutes and decision notices. Conduct in an official capacity only.
Members refusing officer-recommended approvals — London-wide[3]Dashed line = average per year
avg 4492016302017212018382019652020552021582022462023512024702025

Committee refusals of officer-recommended approvals traced in minutes across all 33 boroughs, by year. City Of London's own officer-alignment trend needs the officer recommendation on each committee item — a minutes-level source still being loaded.

What goes to committee — by application type[1]
Listed Building Consent: 25% — click to filter the pageFull Major Application: 24% — click to filter the pageFull Planning Permission with EIA: 22% — click to filter the pageFull Planning Permission: 19% — click to filter the pageOther: 10%
Listed Building Consent25%
Full Major Application24%
Full Planning Permission with EIA22%
Full Planning Permission19%
Other10%

Share of the 91 committee decisions on record. The call-in reason itself comes from committee minutes — not yet loaded.

In contextVersus London committees
Refusals in committee minutes12 · 23rd of 33
lower is betterdashed = London avg
Refused against officer advice ⚠ unverified1 · 23rd of 33
lower is betterdashed = London avg
Refusals overturned at appeal1 · 22nd of 33
lower is betterdashed = London avg
Grounds the committee acts on[2]

City Of London's decision-notice parsing is limited coverage right now, so refusal citations aren't reliable enough to publish as a table — an estimate would be worse than nothing.

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Decisions by ward

Where the 80 committee decisions on record land, 2020–26.[1] Click the map above to explore spatially, or a row to open the ward.

The members — votes recorded

Member by member: the planning-committee votes recorded against each councillor in the published minutes, and how they lean.[2] How often each votes with the officer recommendation needs the officer rec on every item — not yet loaded, so it isn't shown.

MemberForAgainstVotes
Charles Edward Lord, OBE JP · Chair00n=0Henry Nicholas Almroth Colthurst, Deputy · Chair00n=0Keith David Forbes Bottomley, Sheriff & Deputy · Chair00n=0Marianne Bernadette Fredericks, Deputy · Chair00n=0Shravan Jashvantrai Joshi, MBE · Chair00n=0The Honourable Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn, Deputy · Chair00n=0Tom Sleigh, Deputy · Chair00n=0Adam Michael Hogg00n=0Alastair Michael Moss, Deputy00n=0Alison Gowman CBE (Alderman)00n=0Amy Horscroft00n=0Antony Geoffrey Manchester00n=0David Williams00n=0Deborah Oliver TD, Deputy00n=0Elizabeth Anne King, BEM JP (Alderwoman)00n=0Jacqueline Roberts Webster00n=0James Henry George Pollard, Deputy00n=0Jaspreet Hodgson, Deputy00n=0Jennette Rachel Newman (Alderwoman)00n=0John Ernest Edwards, Deputy00n=0John William Fletcher, Deputy00n=0Josephine Hayes00n=0Madush Gupta, Deputy00n=0Matthew Waters00n=0Mercy Haggerty00n=0Naresh Hari Sonpar00n=0Nighat Qureishi, Deputy00n=0Oliver Sells KC, Deputy00n=0Philip Kelvin00n=0Sir Charles Edward Beck Bowman (Alderman)00n=0Sophia Mooney00n=0Sushil Kumar Saluja (Alderman)00n=0Tana Adkin KC00n=0Tim McNally00n=0Timothy Richard Butcher, Deputy00n=0

Vote counts are matched from the minutes across inconsistent name forms and are still being completed. Click a member for every recorded vote.

Meeting minutes

The committee figures on this page are derived from City Of London's published decision notices and committee minutes. Agendas, full minutes and webcasts are published on the council's own democracy website — the source of truth for every meeting.

How these figures are derived — methodology ↗
Recent committee decisions
Address
Reference
Type
Outcome
Date
24/00864/LBC
Listed Building Consent
Approved
2026-04-22
24/00863/FULL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-04-22
24/00864/LBC
Listed Building Consent
Approved
2026-04-22
24/00863/FULL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-04-22
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Committee members— subscriber data
At a glance
CommitteePlanning and Transportation Committee
Control
Members35
Decisions92 (2020–26)
Committee approval88%
Delegated98.8%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
Committee members
Charles Edward Lord, OBE JP · ChairHenry Nicholas Almroth Colthurst, Deputy · ChairKeith David Forbes Bottomley, Sheriff & Deputy · ChairMarianne Bernadette Fredericks, Deputy · ChairShravan Jashvantrai Joshi, MBE · ChairThe Honourable Emily Sophia Wedgwood Benn, Deputy · ChairTom Sleigh, Deputy · ChairAdam Michael HoggAlastair Michael Moss, DeputyAlison Gowman CBE (Alderman)Amy HorscroftAntony Geoffrey ManchesterDavid WilliamsDeborah Oliver TD, DeputyElizabeth Anne King, BEM JP (Alderwoman)Jacqueline Roberts WebsterJames Henry George Pollard, DeputyJaspreet Hodgson, DeputyJennette Rachel Newman (Alderwoman)John Ernest Edwards, DeputyJohn William Fletcher, DeputyJosephine HayesMadush Gupta, DeputyMatthew WatersMercy HaggertyNaresh Hari SonparNighat Qureishi, DeputyOliver Sells KC, DeputyPhilip KelvinSir Charles Edward Beck Bowman (Alderman)Sophia MooneySushil Kumar Saluja (Alderman)Tana Adkin KCTim McNallyTimothy Richard Butcher, Deputy
Related investigations
Committee Watch →
When members overturn the officer line — and how those calls fare at appeal.
The politics of housing in City Of London
Council composition, and how each councillor votes on planning applications.
Sources & method
  1. [1]Committee vs delegated split, committee approval rate and every committee-decided application — the decision-level field on City Of London's published decision notices, 2020–26. · methodology
  2. [2]Committee membership, party control and per-member vote counts — City Of London membership records and published planning-committee minutes; member matching across inconsistent name forms is still being completed.
  3. [3]Refusals against officer advice and appeal outcomes — committee minutes cross-matched with Planning Inspectorate appeal decisions (Committee Watch dataset, all 33 boroughs). · Committee Watch
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.