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London Borough of Kingston Upon Thames

Planning committee.

Kingston Upon Thames's planning committee decides the applications officers don't settle under delegation. It approved 92% of the 164 decisions that reached it, hears just 0.9% of decisions to committee, and of the 6 refusals traced in recent minutes, 1 was overturned at appeal. Where it acts, and on what, is below.[1]

Liberal Democrat majority15 members164 committee decisions2020–26
Kingston Upon Thames · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
At a glanceEach metric links to the investigation behind it
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164
Committee decisions
2020–26
15
Members
Liberal Democrat majority
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. Kingston Upon Thames'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]
Full Application: 60% — click to filter the pageHouseholder: 14% — click to filter the pageCert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed: 6% — click to filter the pageCouncil Regulation 3: 5%Other: 14%
Full Application60%
Householder14%
Cert of Lawful Use/Operation - Proposed6%
Council Regulation 35%
Other14%

Share of the 164 committee decisions on record. The call-in reason itself comes from committee minutes — not yet loaded.

In context — Versus London committees
Refusals in committee minutes6 · 29th of 33
lower is betterdashed = London avg
Refused against officer advice ⚠ unverified0 · 28th 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]

The policies most often cited on Kingston Upon Thames refusal notices — borough-wide, across officer and committee decisions alike. Which of these specifically drove a committee departure from the officer recommendation needs minute-level coding, not yet loaded, so the two aren't separated below.

NPPF592×
D3 of the London Plan 2021330×
CS8 and DM10 of the Council's Core Strategy 2012178×
policies CS8 and DM10 of the Council's adopted LDF Core Strategy164×
CS8, DM10 and DM12 of the Council's Core Strategy 2012135×
policy DM10 of the LDF Core Strategy 201290×
CS8 and DM10 of the LDF Core Strategy 201290×
policies CS8 and DM10 of the LDF Core Strategy 201282×

917 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Kingston Upon Thames. How often a refusal on each ground survives appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

How Kingston Upon Thames applies its planning policies →
Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approved
8
8/8
6
6/6
6
4/6
6
4/6
5
4/5
5
5/5
5
4/5
5
3/5
4
4/4
4
3/4
3
2/3
3
3/3
3
3/3
3
3/3
2
2/2
2
2/2
2
1/2
1
0/1
1
1/1
1
1/1
1
1/1
1
1/1
1
0/1
1
1/1
1
1/1
8
8/8
6
6/6
6
4/6
Show all 25 rows
6
4/6
5
4/5
5
5/5
5
4/5
5
3/5
4
4/4
4
3/4
3
2/3
3
3/3
3
3/3
3
3/3
2
2/2
2
2/2
2
1/2
1
0/1
1
1/1
1
1/1
1
1/1
1
1/1
1
0/1
1
1/1
1
1/1

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.

Meeting minutes

The committee figures on this page are derived from Kingston Upon Thames'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
21/02741/FUL
Full Application
Approved
2025-06-23
20/00110/FUL
Full Application
No determination
2025-04-03
21/02741/FUL
Full Application
Approved
2025-06-23
20/00110/FUL
Full Application
No determination
2025-04-03
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At a glance
CommitteePlanning Committee
ControlLiberal Democrat majority
Members15
Decisions164 (2020–26)
Committee approval92%
Delegated99.1%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
Related investigations
Committee Watch →
When members overturn the officer line — and how those calls fare at appeal.
The politics of housing in Kingston Upon Thames →
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 Kingston Upon Thames's published decision notices, 2020–26. · methodology
  2. [2]Committee membership, party control and per-member vote counts — Kingston Upon Thames 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.