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Kensington And Chelsea.

Kensington And Chelsea is a London borough with an approval rate of 89% across 16,429 substantive planning decisions spanning 18 wards. Most decisions here are made under delegation rather than at committee.[1]

Inner London18 wards212 appealsSave
Kensington And Chelsea · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
At a glance · tap a metric to drill into this boroughAll investigations →
What wins here — Kensington And Chelsea's policy playbook[3]

What Kensington And Chelsea actually approves — its whole decision record, by application type — and the grounds its committee refuses on. Click through for the refusal grounds and the policies cited in the minutes.

Full / major
Conditions
Listed
Lawful
Data from publicly available Kensington And Chelsea planning records and committee minutes 2020-01 – 2026-05.
Case officers
Officer
Active
Applications
Approval rate
Mostly decides
Active
1,027
85%
Full / major planning
Active
982
89%
Full / major planning
Active
924
91%
Full / major planning
Active
913
91%
Full / major planning
Active
766
86%
Full / major planning
Active
621
88%
Full / major planning
Active
498
89%
Full / major planning
to 2023-09
490
82%
Full / major planning
Active
443
88%
Full / major planning
to 2025-05
431
89%
Full / major planning
to 2023-01
419
89%
Full / major planning
Active
411
91%
Full / major planning
Active
1,027
85%
Full / major planning
Active
982
89%
Full / major planning
Active
924
91%
Full / major planning
Show all 12 rows
Active
913
91%
Full / major planning
Active
766
86%
Full / major planning
Active
621
88%
Full / major planning
Active
498
89%
Full / major planning
to 2023-09
490
82%
Full / major planning
Active
443
88%
Full / major planning
to 2025-05
431
89%
Full / major planning
to 2023-01
419
89%
Full / major planning
Active
411
91%
Full / major planning

Approval rates per officer, 2020–2026. Based on decided applications only. All Kensington And Chelsea officers →

Planning committee members
Councillor
Ward
Party
Active
Cttee votes
Leaning
Brompton & Hans Town
Conservative
Active
511
subscribers
Abingdon
Conservative
Active
434
subscribers
Earl's Court
Liberal Democrat
Active
407
subscribers
Holland
Conservative
Active
356
subscribers
Earl's Court
Conservative
Active
337
subscribers
St Helen's
Labour
Active
313
subscribers
Campden
Conservative
Active
301
subscribers
Dalgarno
Labour
Active
288
subscribers
Brompton & Hans Town
Conservative
Active
511
subscribers
Abingdon
Conservative
Active
434
subscribers
Earl's Court
Liberal Democrat
Active
407
subscribers
Show all 8 rows
Holland
Conservative
Active
356
subscribers
Earl's Court
Conservative
Active
337
subscribers
St Helen's
Labour
Active
313
subscribers
Campden
Conservative
Active
301
subscribers
Dalgarno
Labour
Active
288
subscribers

Councillors on Kensington And Chelsea's planning committee, by their recorded committee votes. “Leaning” = whether they tend to vote to approve or refuse. Full voting records →

Wards — ranked
Ward
Applications
Approval rate
Refusal rate
216
93%
7.0%
1,435
93%
7.5%
253
92%
7.7%
1,075
92%
8.3%
971
90%
9.7%
1,297
90%
9.9%
710
89%
10.6%
1,333
89%
11.4%
304
89%
11.4%
765
88%
12.3%
464
88%
12.5%
956
87%
12.8%
859
87%
13.2%
483
87%
13.4%
1,214
87%
13.4%
1,046
86%
13.5%
216
93%
7.0%
1,435
93%
7.5%
253
92%
7.7%
Show all 18 rows
1,075
92%
8.3%
971
90%
9.7%
1,297
90%
9.9%
710
89%
10.6%
1,333
89%
11.4%
304
89%
11.4%
765
88%
12.3%
464
88%
12.5%
956
87%
12.8%
859
87%
13.2%
483
87%
13.4%
1,214
87%
13.4%
1,046
86%
13.5%

Click the map above to explore spatially, or a row to open the ward profile.

Consultant performance
Consultant
Applications
Approval rate

Rankings based on applications submitted and decided. Performance from public planning records.

At a glance[2]
BoroughKensington And Chelsea
London approval avg81%
London overturn avg26%
Total appeals212
Appeals allowed83 (39.2%)
Conditions / approval4.17
Local plan

The adopted Kensington And Chelsea Local Plan (targets, CIL, plan period) is a separate source still being loaded. What the record already shows: which applications win here, and the grounds refusals cite.

What wins →

Sources & method
  1. [1]Approval rates, decision times, delegation and ward breakdowns — London Borough of Kensington And Chelsea planning register and published decision notices, 2020–2026. · methodology
  2. [2]London benchmarks, appeal overturn rates, appeals allowed and costs awarded — Planning Inspectorate (PINS) published appeal decisions. · PINS appeals casework
  3. [3]“What wins here” — Kensington And Chelsea’s substantive decision record grouped by application type; committee refusal grounds and cited policies coded from published committee minutes.
  4. [4]Condition load — mean effective conditions attached to Kensington And Chelsea grant/split decision notices, parsed from the published notice text (777 high-confidence notices).
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.