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Policy.

The policies that actually decide outcomes in Wandsworth — 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.

11,916 citations9,629 reports parsedWandsworth Local Plan (adopted)
Wandsworth · policy map
Where policy is quoted most — by ward
Fewer ~0
More citations ~504
At a glance
11,916[1]
Total citations
across 9,629 officer reports
9%[1]
Citations on refusals
borough baseline — see the In refusals column
Wandsworth 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 · The Design-led Approach
4,062
LP2 · General Development Principles
3,734
LP3 · Historic Environment
1,566
LP27 · Housing Standards
462
LP51 · Parking, Servicing and Car Free Development
345
LP14 · Air Quality, Pollution and Managing Impacts of Development
344
LP10 · Responding to the Climate Crisis
303
LP56 · Tree Management and Landscaping
275
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What kind of ground gets cited[1]
Housing delivery4%
Design & heritage47%
Highways & transport3%
Sustainability4%
Other grounds41%

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

The policies that decide outcomes — Wandsworth

Every plan policy recurring in Wandsworth 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
LP1 — The Design-led Approach4,0629% · 1.0×74%subscriber data
LP2 — General Development Principles3,7346% · 0.7×79%subscriber data
LP3 — Historic Environment1,56613% · 1.4×74%subscriber data
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Citation counts from Wandsworth 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 Wandsworth 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
Wandsworth Local Plan (adopted)
11,916 report mentions
The hierarchy
National — NPPFpage pending
Strategic — London Planpage pending
Local — Wandsworth plan →
What wins here — approval rate by application type[2]

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

Full / major planning
92%
Householder
93%
Lawful development
86%
Conditions & amendments
84%
Prior approval
47%
Listed building
96%
Grounds for refusal at committee[3]

Why the planning committee refuses applications, from 37 refusals in the loaded minutes. Committee refusals are relatively few — most decisions are settled by officers.

Design Character
15
Amenity
12
Policy Conflict
11
Land Use
7
Overdevelopment
6
Housing Policy
6
Transport Highway
5
Neighbour Impact
5
Policies cited on refusal — borough-wide[4]

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

NPPF1,059×
policies DMS1 and DMH5 of the Development Management Policies122×
policies LP1 and LP5 of the Wandsworth Local Plan (2023)116×
policies LP1, LP3 and LP5 of the Wandsworth Local Plan (2023)111×
policies DMS1, DMS2 and DMH5 of the Development Management Policies90×
policies LP1, LP3 and LP5 of the Local Plan (2023)78×
policy DMS1 of the Development Management Policies59×
policy LP2 of the Wandsworth Local Plan (2023)57×
policies PL1 and IS3 of the Core Strategy (2016)56×
policies LP1, LP3 and LP5 of the Local Plan39×

983 high-confidence refusal notices parsed for Wandsworth.

Sources & method
  1. [1]Policy citations, per-policy officer counts and ward citation counts — parsed from 9,890 published Wandsworth 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 — Wandsworth's substantive decision record. · methodology
  3. [3]Committee refusal grounds and committee-cited policies — published Wandsworth 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.