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Policy.

The policies that actually decide outcomes in Camden — 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.

1,382 citations511 reports parsedCamden Local Plan (adopted)
Camden · policy map
Where policy is quoted most — by ward
Fewer ~0
More citations ~66
At a glance
1,382[1]
Total citations
across 511 officer reports
1%[1]
Citations on refusals
borough baseline — see the In refusals column
Camden 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
D2 · Heritage
414
D1 · Design
391
A1 · Managing the impact of development
116
A3 · Biodiversity
72
A4 · Noise and vibration
67
A2 · Open space
49
CC2 · Adapting to climate change
49
CC1 · Climate change mitigation
45
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What kind of ground gets cited[1]
Housing delivery0%
Design & heritage58%
Amenity5%
Highways & transport4%
Sustainability4%
Other grounds29%

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

The policies that decide outcomes — Camden

Every plan policy recurring in Camden 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
D2 — Heritage4141% · 0.8×71%subscriber data
D1 — Design3911% · 0.8×73%subscriber data
A1 — Managing the impact of development1163% · 2.8×79%subscriber data
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Citation counts from Camden 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 Camden 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
Camden Local Plan (adopted)
1,382 report mentions
The hierarchy
National — NPPFpage pending
Strategic — London Planpage pending
Local — Camden plan
What wins here — approval rate by application type[2]

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

Full / major planning
90%
Conditions & amendments
99%
Listed building
95%
Householder
90%
Lawful development
92%
Prior approval
77%
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.

Design Character
4
Policy Conflict
4
Transport Highway
3
Housing Policy
2
Heritage Conservation
1
Environmental
1
Amenity
1
Land Use
1
Policies cited on refusal — borough-wide[4]

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

A1 and A4 of the Camden Local Plan 20174×
A1, D1 and D2 of the Camden Local Plan 20173×
policies D1 and D2 of the Camden Local Plan 20172×
policies DC1 and DC2 of the Hampstead Neighbourhood Plan 20252×
policy 2 and 3 of the Fortune Green and West Hampstead Neighbourhood Plan (2015)2×
policies 7 and 9 of the Fortune Green and West Hampstead Neighbourhood Plan (2015)2×
D3 of the Kentish Town Neighbourhood Plan 20161×
policy D3 of the Kentish Town Neighbourhood Plan 20161×
policy A1 of the Camden Local Plan 20171×
NPPF1×

38 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Camden.

Sources & method
  1. [1]Policy citations, per-policy officer counts and ward citation counts — parsed from 512 published Camden 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 — Camden's substantive decision record. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee refusal grounds and committee-cited policies — published Camden 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.