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Policy.

The policies that actually decide outcomes in Barnet — 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.

14,694 citations4,726 reports parsedBarnet Local Plan (adopted)
Barnet · policy map
Where policy is quoted most — by ward
Fewer ~0
More citations ~343
At a glance
14,694[1]
Total citations
across 4,726 officer reports
20%[1]
Citations on refusals
borough baseline — see the In refusals column
Barnet 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
DM01 · Protecting Barnet’s character and amenity Page
4,078
CS1 · arnet’s place shaping strategy – protection,
3,814
CS5 · rotecting and enhancing Barnet’s character
991
DM04 · Environmental Considerations for
622
CDH01 · Promoting High Quality Design
615
DM17 · Travel Impact and Parking Standards
510
CDH05 · Extensions to buildings must follow good design principles
484
CS9 · Enlargement of School Facilities CS10 DM
443
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What kind of ground gets cited[1]
Housing delivery2%
Design & heritage45%
Highways & transport4%
Sustainability1%
Other grounds48%

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

The policies that decide outcomes — Barnet

Every plan policy recurring in Barnet 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
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Citation counts from Barnet 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 Barnet 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
Barnet Local Plan (adopted)
14,659 report mentions
#2
Neighbourhood Plan
29 report mentions
#3
Local guidance / SPD
6 report mentions
The hierarchy
National — NPPFpage pending
Strategic — London Planpage pending
Local — Barnet plan
What wins here — approval rate by application type[2]

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

Householder
77%
Full / major planning
71%
Conditions & amendments
94%
Lawful development
83%
Prior approval
34%
Listed building
92%
Grounds for refusal at committee[3]

Why the planning committee refuses applications, from 40 refusals in the loaded minutes. Committee refusals are relatively few — most decisions are settled by officers.

Design Character
18
Policy Conflict
14
Overdevelopment
11
Amenity
10
Land Use
7
Neighbour Impact
5
S106 Obligations
4
Heritage Conservation
3
Policies cited on refusal — borough-wide[4]

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

D3 of the London Plan (2021)487×
NPPF384×
CS1 and CS5 of the Local Plan376×
policies CS1 and CS5 of Barnet's Adopted Core Strategy (2012)136×
DM01 of the Local Plan135×
D3 and D6 of the London Plan (2021)134×
T4, T6 and T6.1 of the London Plan (2021)114×
D3 and D14 of the London Plan (2021)98×
policy CS5 of the Barnet Local Plan90×
D3 and HC1 of the London Plan (2021)82×

949 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Barnet.

Sources & method
  1. [1]Policy citations, per-policy officer counts and ward citation counts — parsed from 4,846 published Barnet 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 — Barnet's substantive decision record. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee refusal grounds and committee-cited policies — published Barnet 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.