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Decision Makers

Every decision-maker, on the record.

Start from an entity — a borough, an officer, a committee, an inspector, a consultant — and read its full track record. This is the directory: the people, bodies and rules that decide what gets built in London. Looking for an answer rather than an entity? Start from a question in the investigations instead.

Across London
33
Boroughs
2,539
Case officers
354,275+
Decisions
Approval rate by boroughhover the map
Lower ~70%Higher ~89%
People & bodiesThe decision-makers — start from a name or a role.

Everyone with a hand on a decision — from the council department down to the named officer, the committee members, the inspectors who hear appeals and the consultants who file the applications.

CouncilsFree
Boroughs
All 33 London planning authorities, ranked by approval rate, decision speed and how much they delegate.
33
planning authorities
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OfficersFree
Case officers
Every named case officer, by approval rate, specialism and the wards where their refusals concentrate.
2,539
named officers
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MembersFree
Committees & councillors
Who sits on each planning committee, how they vote, and where they override their own officers.
33
committees & their members
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AppealsFree
Planning inspectors
The PINS bench that decides appeals — overturn rates, policy leanings and what each inspector rewards.
0
inspectors on the record
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Strategic tierFree
The Mayor & GLA
What triggers a referral to City Hall, and what the Mayor does with the schemes that reach the strategic tier.
GLA
referrals & directions
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Consultants & agents
The planning consultants and agents who file applications, ranked by approval rate and borough.
11,079
consultants ranked
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Applicants◆ Pro
Developers
The applicants behind the schemes — ranked by the residential units they’ve sought across London.
4,919
developers ranked
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The recordThe places, sites and rules they decide on.

The other half of the Atlas — the applications, sites, policies and designations the decision-makers act on. Browse by place, by plot, or by the rule that governs it.

DecisionsFree
Applications
Search every planning decision in the 30-year archive — by reference, address, type or outcome.
354,275+
decisions archived
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Sites◆ Pro
Sites & histories
Every application ever lodged at a given plot — the full planning biography of a site, by address or UPRN.
By UPRN
every plot, over time
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Policy◆ Pro
Policies
NPPF to borough local plan — every policy indexed by what it does in practice, with CIL and land supply.
NPPF→local
indexed by effect
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Designations◆ Pro
Constraints
What each designation does to a scheme — conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, PD rights.
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GeographyFree
Wards
Drill below the borough — approval, refusal and appeal patterns at ward level across London.
1390+
wards across London
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Analysis◆ Pro
Intelligence
Cross-dataset analysis — appeal overturns, officer patterns and what actually drives outcomes.
Pro
cross-dataset workspace
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Looking for an answer, not an entity?

The investigations start from a question — who overrides their officers, who pays costs, whose refusals don't survive appeal — and draw on every entity in this directory.

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