LP51 — Parking, Servicing and Car Free Development.
How Wandsworth actually applies LP51: who leans on it, where it bites hardest, and how often it's invoked. The policy text is the rule; this is the behaviour.
LP51 is a published Wandsworth planning policy. This page records where it appears in the council's published planning decisions.
Cited under: Wandsworth Local Plan (adopted)
Wandsworth · LP51
Where LP51 is quoted — by ward
Fewer ~0More citations ~44
Showingre-scopes the headline figures and the trend
345
times cited
in parsed decision notices
2 appeals
appeal survival
2 dismissed · 0 allowed at appeal — too few to rate
33 of 67
officer reach
49% of officers recorded in this period
Tooting Broadway
top hotspot ward
44 citations
What this policy is about
Policy LP51 requires development to provide cycle parking, off-street residential car parking, and adequate servicing arrangements. It also supports car-free development where a Transport Assessment shows it is not necessary to provide private car parking. Car-free development is required where the Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL) is 4 or higher, and low car development is required where the PTAL is 3.
Plain-English summary of the adopted policy text below. The full text is the rule; this is the gist.
The policy — as adopted
Parking, Servicing and Car Free Development
A. Development will be supported where:
1. Cycle Parking is provided in accordance with the minimum levels set out in the London Plan with reference to Table 10.2 and any subsequent amendments. The parking must be easily accessible, secure, and well-located to the unit it is associated with.
2. Off street residential car parking is provided and does not exceed the maximum requirements set out in the London Plan with reference to Table 10.3 and any subsequent amendments, and it can be demonstrated that parking on site is the minimum necessary. On mixed-use developments car parking spaces should be allocated to the specific uses proportionally. Off street parking should be designed in conformity with LP1.
3. Car parking in new shopping and leisure developments in Town Centres provides short stay parking and serves the Town Centre as a whole rather than being reserved solely for use in connection with the proposed development and be in accordance with Table 10.5 of the London Plan on maximum retail parking standards;
4. Car club parking and memberships are provided in all residential developments that require travel plans and count towards the maximum parking standards and are not appropriate in the CAZ, in accordance with LP50 Transport and Development (b).
5. Adequate off-street servicing arrangements are made for commercial vehicles and general servicing.
6. Minimum numbers of disability-friendly car parking spaces are provided in accordance with the London Plan and any subsequent amendments.
7. Electric vehicle charging capacity is provided in accordance with the London Plan and any subsequent amendments.
8. Office parking provision is provided in accordance with the London Plan and any subsequent amendments.
B. On-street Parking
1. New developments must comply with the London Plan’s guidance regarding on-street car parking and any subsequent amendments. The Council will encourage applications for development that require less on-street parking in areas well-connected to public transport.
2. Developers will need to show that their proposal does not lead to an unacceptable amount of on-street parking. This will include showing acceptable motorcycle and scooter parking provision in town centre locations which does not detract from the character of the area.
3. For residential conversions, the Council will encourage replacement of existing general on-street parking with other kerbside uses to encourage more sustainable transport.
C. The Council will support the redevelopment of existing car parks for alternative uses where it can be shown that the provision of car parks is being met now and into the future.
D. Car-free development will be required where:
1. The PTAL is 4 or higher.
2. A Transport Assessment can demonstrate that through a combination of walking, cycling, public transport, car club parking, travel plans and other relevant measures that further private car parking is not required. A Transport Assessment shall demonstrate how reductions in the need to travel can
be achieved. A Transport Assessment will not be required if the development meets London Plan Parking Standards.
3. The appropriate minimum number of disability friendly parking spaces are provided in accordance with the London Plan and any subsequent amendments.
E. Low car development will be required where:
1. The PTAL is 3.
2. A Transport Assessment can demonstrate that through a combination of walking, cycling, public transport, car club parking, travel plans and other relevant measures minimal car parking is all that is required. A Transport Assessment shall demonstrate how reductions in the need to travel can be achieved. A Transport Assessment will not be required if the development meets London Plan Parking Standards.
3. The appropriate minimum number of disability friendly parking spaces are provided in accordance with the London Plan and any subsequent amendments.
F. No additional parking permits will be issued to any occupiers of additional housing units created in major residential or mixed-use developments anywhere in the borough or through conversions in existing or future Controlled Parking Zones (CPZ). For existing occupiers being rehoused as part of estate redevelopments, parking permits should be limited to residents who already have parking permits or who own and park a car on the estate.
G. Where development includes both affordable and market units, parking should be allocated equitably between market and affordable units. If the level of parking proposed for affordable units is less than that proposed for market units, the disparity will need to be justified taking account of estimated demand and information on relative levels of car ownership.
Verbatim from the adopted Wandsworth plan · source document. The council's published plan is the authoritative version.
How it lands
92% in approvals · 2% in refusals 345 citations in the selected period
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Not filled in yet. This will hold how officers actually argue LP51 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
LP51 appears most often in Tooting Broadway, Wandsworth Town, Balham. It appears across 33 of 67 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
92%
in approvals
316 citations
2%
in refusals
7 citations
This shows the decision reports in which LP51 appears. It does not yet claim that the policy caused those outcomes; 22 citations sit outside the approval/refusal split.
Reason · role · consequence
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From Planning Inspectorate decision letters that cite LP51. Dismissed = the council's refusal stood, the policy held; allowed = overturned. Too few decisive appeals for a rate — the counts are the record. The tighter join — this borough's own refusals citing LP51 traced to their specific appeals — is still to come.
Citations, officer spread, ward and application-type counts parsed from published Wandsworth 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.