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Policy.

The policies that actually decide outcomes in Lambeth — 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.

30,199 citations7,895 reports parsedLambeth Local Plan (adopted)
Lambeth · policy map
Where policy is quoted most — by ward
Fewer ~0
More citations ~657
At a glance
30,199[1]
Total citations
across 7,895 officer reports
23%[1]
Citations on refusals
borough baseline — see the In refusals column
Lambeth Local Plan[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
Q11 · Building alterations and extensions
6,193
Q5 · Local distinctiveness
5,637
Q8 · Design quality: construction detailing
4,099
Q2 · Amenity
3,475
Q22 · Conservation areas
2,272
Q20 · Statutory listed buildings
1,160
T1 · Sustainable travel
582
T3 · Cycling
514
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What kind of ground gets cited[1]
Housing delivery3%
Design & heritage28%
Amenity12%
Highways & transport4%
Sustainability4%
Other grounds49%

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

The policies that decide outcomes — Lambeth

Every plan policy recurring in Lambeth 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
Q11 — Building alterations and extensions6,19316% · 0.7×80%subscriber data
Q5 — Local distinctiveness5,63719% · 0.8×78%subscriber data
Q8 — Design quality: construction detailing4,09910% · 0.4×82%subscriber data
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Citation counts from Lambeth 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 Lambeth 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
Lambeth Local Plan (adopted)
30,199 report mentions
The hierarchy
National — NPPFpage pending
Strategic — London Planpage pending
Local — Lambeth plan
What wins here — approval rate by application type[2]

Bar = volume · figure = approval rate, across Lambeth's substantive decisions.

Full / major planning
77%
Conditions & amendments
88%
Lawful development
84%
Listed building
82%
Householder
42%
Prior approval
45%
Grounds for refusal at committee[3]

Why the planning committee refuses applications, from 8 refusals in the loaded minutes. Committee refusals are relatively few — most decisions are settled by officers.

Amenity
2
Transport Highway
2
Environmental
1
S106 Obligations
1
Design Character
1
Neighbour Impact
1
Policy Conflict
1
Policies cited on refusal — borough-wide[4]

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

NPPF534×
Q5, Q8, Q11 and Q22 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021)148×
Q2 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021)138×
Q2, Q5, Q8, Q11 and Q22 of the Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035125×
D6 of the London Plan (2021)121×
Q5, Q8 and Q11 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021)114×
Q2, Q5, Q8 and Q11 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021)96×
T1, T3 and T6 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021)94×
Q5 and Q11 of the Lambeth Local Plan (2021)88×
Q2, Q5, Q8 and Q11 of the Lambeth Local Plan 2020-203584×

1,564 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Lambeth.

Sources & method
  1. [1]Policy citations, per-policy officer counts and ward citation counts — parsed from 7,931 published Lambeth 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 — Lambeth's substantive decision record. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee refusal grounds and committee-cited policies — published Lambeth 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.