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Policy.

The policies that actually decide outcomes in Hackney — 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.

535 citations240 reports parsedHackney Local Plan (adopted)
Hackney · policy map
Where policy is quoted most — by ward
Fewer ~0
More citations ~24
At a glance
535[1]
Total citations
across 240 officer reports
72%[1]
Citations on refusals
borough baseline — see the In refusals column
Hackney 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
LP1 · Part A will be applied having regard to the scale and location of the
149
LP2 · Development and Amenity
70
LP3 · Designated Heritage Assets
56
LP17 · Housing Design
31
LP51 · Tree Management and Landscaping
16
24
15
DM1
12
LP53 · Water and Flooding
12
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What kind of ground gets cited[1]
Housing delivery9%
Design & heritage12%
Amenity13%
Highways & transport4%
Sustainability3%
Other grounds59%

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

The policies that decide outcomes — Hackney

Every plan policy recurring in Hackney 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
LP2 — Development and Amenity7067% · 0.9×77%subscriber data
LP3 — Designated Heritage Assets5677% · 1.1×61%subscriber data
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Citation counts from Hackney 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 Hackney 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
Hackney Local Plan (adopted)
430 report mentions
#2
Local guidance / SPD
105 report mentions
The hierarchy
National — NPPFpage pending
Strategic — London Planpage pending
Local — Hackney plan
What wins here — approval rate by application type[2]

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

Full / major planning
77%
Conditions & amendments
93%
Householder
80%
Lawful development
86%
Prior approval
57%
Listed building
87%
Grounds for refusal at committee[3]

Why the planning committee refuses applications, from 4 refusals in the loaded minutes. Committee refusals are relatively few — most decisions are settled by officers.

Transport Highway
1
Land Use
1
Policies cited on refusal — borough-wide[4]

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

NPPF157×
policies LP1 and LP2 of the Hackney Local Plan24×
policy LP1 of the Hackney Local Plan (2020)22×
policies D3 and D4 of the London Plan (2021)22×
policies LP1 and LP3 of the Hackney Local Plan 203312×
policies D4 and HC1 of the London Plan (2021)10×
policies 7.4, 7.6 and 7.8 of the London Plan9×
policies 24 and 25 of the Hackney Core Strategy8×
policies 7.4 and 7.6 of the London Plan8×
policy D3 of the London Plan8×

760 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Hackney.

Sources & method
  1. [1]Policy citations, per-policy officer counts and ward citation counts — parsed from 392 published Hackney 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 — Hackney's substantive decision record. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee refusal grounds and committee-cited policies — published Hackney 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.