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Policy.

The policies that actually decide outcomes in Kingston Upon Thames — 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.

8,928 citations3,232 reports parsedKingston Upon Thames Local Plan (a…
Kingston Upon Thames · policy map
Where policy is quoted most — by ward
Fewer ~0
More citations ~185
At a glance
8,928[1]
Total citations
across 3,232 officer reports
25%[1]
Citations on refusals
borough baseline — see the In refusals column
Kingston Upon Thames L[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
DM10 · Design Requirements for New Developments (including House Extensions)134
3,137
CS8 · Character, Design and Heritage
2,717
DM9 · Managing Vehicle Use for New Development
348
DM8 · Sustainable Transport for New Development
344
DM4 · Water Management and Flood Risk
343
CS6 · Retention of Public Houses in the
299
CS1 · New Community Facilities and the
291
DM12 · Development in Conservation Areas and Affecting Heritage Assets
267
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What kind of ground gets cited[1]
Housing delivery1%
Design & heritage71%
Highways & transport4%
Sustainability5%
Other grounds19%

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

The policies that decide outcomes — Kingston Upon Thames

Every plan policy recurring in Kingston Upon Thames 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
CS8 — Character, Design and Heritage2,71719% · 0.8×72%subscriber data
DM9 — Managing Vehicle Use for New Development34837% · 1.5×78%subscriber data
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Citation counts from Kingston Upon Thames 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 Kingston Upon Thames 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
Kingston Upon Thames Local Plan (adopted)
8,851 report mentions
#2
Local guidance / SPD
77 report mentions
The hierarchy
National — NPPFpage pending
Strategic — London Planpage pending
Local — Kingston Upon Thames plan →
What wins here — approval rate by application type[2]

Bar = volume · figure = approval rate, across Kingston Upon Thames's substantive decisions.

Householder
74%
Full / major planning
65%
Conditions & amendments
78%
Lawful development
73%
Listed building
88%
Prior approval
51%
Grounds for refusal at committee[3]

Why the planning committee refuses applications, from 6 refusals in the loaded minutes. Committee refusals are relatively few — most decisions are settled by officers.

Design Character
4
Environmental
1
Transport Highway
1
Housing Policy
1
Overdevelopment
1
Neighbour Impact
1
Heritage Conservation
1
Policy Conflict
1
Policies cited on refusal — borough-wide[4]

The policies most often cited on Kingston Upon Thames refusal notices — the official refusal side of the citation record above.

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×
policy D3 of the London Plan 202181×
D6 of the London Plan 202181×

917 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Kingston Upon Thames.

Sources & method
  1. [1]Policy citations, per-policy officer counts and ward citation counts — parsed from 3,280 published Kingston Upon Thames 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 — Kingston Upon Thames's substantive decision record. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee refusal grounds and committee-cited policies — published Kingston Upon Thames 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.