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Kensington And Chelsea · Local Plan · Policy

Policy.

The policies that actually decide outcomes in Kensington And Chelsea — how often each is cited in the officers' own reports, where it bites hardest, and who leans on it. The plan text is the rule; this is the behaviour.

2,729 citations890 reports parsedKensington And Chelsea Local Plan …
Kensington And Chelsea · policy map
Where policy is quoted most — by ward
Fewer ~0
More citations ~119
At a glance
2,729[1]
Total citations
across 890 officer reports
10%[1]
Citations on refusals
borough baseline — see the In refusals column
Kensington And Chelsea[1]
Development plan
most-cited framework in reports
—
CIL (residential)
schedule not yet sourced
—
5-year land supply
position statement not yet sourced
Citations by policy — what gets invoked 🔒click a policy — reshapes the map
CL2 · Design Quality
377
CL1 · Context and Character
372
CL6 · Small-scale Alterations and Additions
354
CL3 · Heritage Assets - Conservation Areas and Historic
352
CL5 · Living Conditions
245
CT1 · Improving alternatives to car use
185
CE6 · Noise and Vibration
167
CE5 · Air Quality
164
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What kind of ground gets cited[1]
Housing delivery0%
Design & heritage45%
Amenity6%
Highways & transport0%
Sustainability10%
Other grounds39%

Grounds classified from each policy's own cited title. Click a slice — reshapes the map.

The policies that decide outcomes — Kensington And Chelsea

Every plan policy recurring in Kensington And Chelsea officer reports, ranked by how often it's cited. Click a policy for its full record — and the officer who leans on it most.

PolicyCitationsIn refusalsAppeal survivalCites it most
CL2 — Design Quality3778% · 0.9×62%subscriber data
CL1 — Context and Character37210% · 1.0×61%subscriber data
CL6 — Small-scale Alterations and Additions3546% · 0.6×61%subscriber data
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Citation counts from Kensington And Chelsea officer reports.[1] “In refusals” = share of a policy's citations that sit on refusals; × = that share against the borough average (needs 20+ citations). Appeal survival = of PINS appeal decisions citing the policy, the share dismissed (refusal held); a rate needs 5+ decisive appeals, fewer show the count. Methodology →

The borough framework

The development-plan documents Kensington And Chelsea officers actually cite, counted across parsed reports. CIL and land-supply figures aren't sourced yet and are shown as pending, not estimated.

Most cited
Kensington And Chelsea Local Plan (adopted)
2,729 report mentions
The hierarchy
National — NPPFpage pending
Strategic — London Planpage pending
Local — Kensington And Chelsea plan →
What wins here — approval rate by application type[2]

Bar = volume · figure = approval rate, across Kensington And Chelsea's substantive decisions.

Full / major planning
89%
Conditions & amendments
93%
Listed building
90%
Lawful development
88%
Prior approval
75%
Householder
86%
Grounds for refusal at committee[3]

Why the planning committee refuses applications, from 105 refusals in the loaded minutes. Committee refusals are relatively few — most decisions are settled by officers.

Design Character
67
Heritage Conservation
55
Policy Conflict
52
Amenity
41
Transport Highway
40
Neighbour Impact
32
Land Use
18
Environmental
9
Policies cited on refusal — borough-wide[4]

The policies most often cited on Kensington And Chelsea refusal notices — the official refusal side of the citation record above.

NPPF40×
policies CL1, CL2, CL3, CL6, CL9 and CL11 of the Local Plan 201918×
CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4, CD15 and TR4 of the Local Plan18×
policies CL1, CL2, CL3, CL6 and CL11 of the Local Plan 201915×
CL4 of the Local Plan10×
policies CL1, CL2, CL3, CL4 and CL11 of the Local Plan 201910×
policy CL5 of the Local Plan 201910×
policies CL1, CL2, CL3, CL4, CL6, CL8, CL9 and CL11 of the Local Plan 20198×
policies CD1, CD2, CD3, CD4, CD5, CD10, CD13 and GB10 of the Local Plan 20248×
policy CL4 of the Local Plan 20196×

146 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Kensington And Chelsea.

Sources & method
  1. [1]Policy citations, per-policy officer counts and ward citation counts — parsed from 897 published Kensington And Chelsea officer reports (delegated and committee), joined to the canonical application record for wards. Approvals included — refusal notices alone only show the refusal side.
  2. [2]Approval rate by application type — Kensington And Chelsea's substantive decision record. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee refusal grounds and committee-cited policies — published Kensington And Chelsea planning-committee minutes. · committee record
  4. [4]Borough-wide refusal-notice policy citations — decision-notice parsing (high-confidence notices only).
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.