Who really decides · Free · London-wide
Officers or committee?
Every council sets a scheme of delegation determining which applications officers may decide and which go to committee. This shows the split recorded in each borough. It does not assume that delegation alone makes decisions faster or changes their outcome.
Across all London decisions
96%
Delegated to officers
4%
Decided by committee
477,525 officer-delegated records and 20,268 committee-decided records, across 497,793 records with a classified decision level.
Borough-by-borough breakdown
Share of classified decision-level records handled under delegated powers. Sorted highest first.
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Sources & method
Delegated and committee counts come from the published decision-level field in each borough's canonical planning record. Percentages use delegated ÷ (delegated + committee). Records without a classified decision level are excluded, and the figures describe route rather than speed, quality or political influence.