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T9 — Digital connectivity infrastructure.

How Lambeth actually applies T9: who leans on it, where it bites hardest, and how often it's invoked. The policy text is the rule; this is the behaviour.

T9 is a published Lambeth planning policy. This page records where it appears in the council's published planning decisions.

Cited under: Lambeth Local Plan (adopted)

Lambeth · T9
Where T9 is quoted — by ward
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More citations ~6
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re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
50
times cited
in parsed decision notices
50%
appeal survival
4 dismissed · 4 allowed at appeal
17 of 70
officer reach
24% of officers recorded in this period
Brixton North
top hotspot ward
6 citations
What this policy is about

Policy T9 requires digital connectivity infrastructure to be delivered in accordance with the London Plan policy SI6. Proposals for electronic communications equipment will be supported if they meet certain conditions, including not harming the character or appearance of the area, meeting ICNIRP guidelines, and not causing clutter or obstruction on the highway. This applies to all proposals for electronic communications equipment in Lambeth.

Plain-English summary of the adopted policy text below. The full text is the rule; this is the gist.

The policy — as adopted

Digital connectivity infrastructure

A. The council supports the delivery of high quality digital infrastructure to enable the future expansion of electronic communications networks, including next generation mobile technology and full fibre broadband connections. The council will require provision for digital connectivity infrastructure in accordance with London Plan policy SI6. B. Proposals for electronic communications equipment, including applications for determination for prior approval procedure under Part 16 of the General Permitted Development Order 2015, will be supported if: i. the siting, height and design of the equipment will not cause harm to the character or appearance of the areas or the building on which it is located, including the significance and setting of historic assets, and will not be visually intrusive in the street scene or create unacceptable clutter; ii. it can be demonstrated that the equipment will meet International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP)  To table of contents Lambeth Local Plan 2020–2035 | Section 8: Transport and communications guidelines on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields; iii. in the case of a ground-based or other installation, the possibility of using an existing building, mast, other structure, or sharing has been explored and proven to be impractical; iv. in the case of structures on the highway (including equipment cabinets and other ancillary equipment), they do not result in clutter, cause an obstruction on the highway or block visibility splays - a minimum footway width of 2 metres should be maintained in all but exceptional circumstances; v. obsolete/surplus equipment is removed and the building or land is restored; and vi. it can be demonstrated that the equipment will not cause interference with other electrical equipment, air traffic services or instrumentation operated in the national interest.

Verbatim from the adopted Lambeth plan · source document. The council's published plan is the authoritative version.

How it lands
20% in approvals · 80% in refusals
50 citations in the selected period
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Where it bites
Brixton North6
Clapham Town6
Kennington5
What cites it — application types
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What it means in practice

Not filled in yet. This will hold how officers actually argue T9 case by case, classified from their decision reports — the classification pass hasn't run. Nothing is paraphrased in its place.

What the published record shows

T9 appears most often in Brixton North, Clapham Town, Kennington. It appears across 17 of 70 officers recorded in this period. The map shows the pattern for the selected period.

Who cites it — case-officer spreadfrom parsed decision notices · click an officer
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Why it is cited — and what follows
20%
in approvals
10 citations
80%
in refusals
40 citations

This shows the decision reports in which T9 appears. It does not yet claim that the policy caused those outcomes.

Reason · role · consequence

Not filled in yet — the classification pass over the citing passages hasn't run. When it has, this shows why T9 was used, whether it supported approval or refusal, and what changed as a result. No conclusion is shown until that classification has been checked.

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Does it hold up? — appeal performance
50% survival
4 dismissed · 4 allowed — 8 PINS appeal decisions cite T9

From Planning Inspectorate decision letters that cite T9. Dismissed = the council's refusal stood, the policy held; allowed = overturned. The tighter join — this borough's own refusals citing T9 traced to their specific appeals — is still to come.

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Citations, officer spread, ward and application-type counts parsed from published Lambeth decision notices (high-confidence parses, approvals and refusals), joined to the canonical application record. One citation = one decision citing the policy. See the policy overview for every policy cited.

Atlas intelligence summarises patterns and observations from published planning records. Past decisions do not indicate how any future application will be determined. Every application is assessed on its own merits, having regard to the proposal, site, evidence and policies applying at the time. This information is provided for general information only and is not planning, legal, financial or professional advice.