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Policy.

The policies that actually decide outcomes in Harrow — 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.

2,952 citations2,297 reports parsedHarrow Local Plan (adopted)
Harrow · policy map
Where policy is quoted most — by ward
Fewer ~0
More citations ~201
At a glance
2,952[1]
Total citations
across 2,297 officer reports
34%[1]
Citations on refusals
borough baseline — see the In refusals column
Harrow 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
DM1 · Achieving a High Standard of Development
2,004
DM10 · On Site Water Management and Surface Water Attenuation
118
DM42 · Parking Standards
108
DM26 · Conversion of Houses and other Residential Premises
91
DM9 · Managing Flood Risk
86
DM7 · Heritage Assets
77
DM22 · Trees and Landscaping
67
DM23 · Streetside Greenness and Forecourt Greenery
58
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What kind of ground gets cited[1]
Housing delivery3%
Design & heritage3%
Amenity1%
Highways & transport5%
Sustainability10%
Other grounds77%

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

The policies that decide outcomes — Harrow

Every plan policy recurring in Harrow 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
DM1 — Achieving a High Standard of Development2,00421% · 0.6×74%subscriber data
DM42 — Parking Standards10842% · 1.2×75%subscriber data
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Citation counts from Harrow 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 Harrow 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
Harrow Local Plan (adopted)
2,952 report mentions
The hierarchy
National — NPPFpage pending
Strategic — London Planpage pending
Local — Harrow plan →
What wins here — approval rate by application type[2]

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

Householder
79%
Prior approval
54%
Lawful development
81%
Full / major planning
62%
Conditions & amendments
76%
Listed building
96%
Grounds for refusal at committee[3]

Why the planning committee refuses applications, from 60 refusals in the loaded minutes. Committee refusals are relatively few — most decisions are settled by officers.

Policy Conflict
41
Design Character
29
Transport Highway
27
Amenity
22
Overdevelopment
16
Heritage Conservation
12
Land Use
11
S106 Obligations
11
Policies cited on refusal — borough-wide[4]

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

NPPF891×
DM1 of the Harrow Development Management Policies177×
CS1 of the Harrow Core Strategy (2012)67×
DM1 of the Development Management Plan53×
DM9 and DM10 of the Harrow Development Management Policies48×
DM1 and DM26 of the Harrow Development Management Policies40×
DM1 of the Development Management Policies35×
policies SI12 and SI13 of The London Plan (2021)34×
D3 of the London Plan (2021)34×
policies DM9 and DM10 of the Harrow Development Management Polices Local Plan (2013)32×

681 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Harrow.

Sources & method
  1. [1]Policy citations, per-policy officer counts and ward citation counts — parsed from 2,371 published Harrow 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 — Harrow's substantive decision record. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee refusal grounds and committee-cited policies — published Harrow 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.