Ward · London Borough of Lambeth
Knights Hill.
Knights Hill sees an approval rate of 71% — 7 points below the Lambeth average across 504 substantive planning decisions, with a refusal rate of 29.3%.[1]
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Knights Hill · Lambeth
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504
Applications 2020–26
Decided applications
71%
Approval rate
7pp below borough avg (78%)
29.3%
Refusal rate
9th highest of 42
8.7
Avg decision time
Wks · borough avg 9.2
Data from publicly available Lambeth planning records and committee minutes, 2020–26.
Ward overview
Knights Hill recorded 504 substantive planning decisions over 2020–26, approving 71% of them — 7 percentage points below the Lambeth borough average of 78%. Its refusal rate of 29.3% is 9th highest of 42.
Application and refusal breakdown— subscriber data
Residential extension / alteration
New residential
Change of use
Commercial development
Recent planning decisions— subscriber data
Committee members for this ward
Councillor
Party
Role
Interventions
Success rate
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Cllr Mark Williams
Labour
Planning committee
23
47%
Cllr Emma Torres
Labour
Ward member
6
33%
Interventions: formal calls to bring an application before committee. Success rate: percentage where the committee sided with the councillor against officer recommendation.
Sources & method
- [1]Ward approval and refusal rates, application counts and decision-time figures — London Borough of Lambeth planning register and published decision notices, 2020–26. · methodology
- [2]Conservation areas, Article 4 directions and heritage designations — the borough’s adopted Local Plan and conservation-area appraisals.
- [3]Committee interventions and councillor records — public planning committee minutes and published decision notices.
- [4]Application-type mix and refusal grounds — case-officer reports coded against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.