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LPA Profile

What we hold on a single planning authority: appeal behaviour, what they refuse on, which policies they cite, and how current their local plan is. For the national league table and 47-year statistical history, see Council Performance.

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames

GSS E09000021 · Portal: idox (ok) · council register

Applications we hold
665
2025-12-29 – 2026-04-02
Refusal rate (our sample)
18.5%
123 of 665 — a sample, not the register
Appeals overturned
36.41%
154 allowed of 445 appeals
Local plan age
adoption date not published
This authority is overturned on appeal in 36.41% of decided appeals. A high overturn rate is a material consideration when weighing appeal against resubmission — but check the sample size and read comparable decisions first.

How this council decides

Measured against the published determination target on 657 decisions. Average window from valid date to target: 52 days (the statutory period is 56 days for most applications, 91 for majors).

16%
decided early
(4+ days before target)
50%
on the deadline
(final 3 days)
34%
after the target
71
average days
from valid to decision

This authority runs to the wire: most decisions land in the last few days before the statutory target. Chasing before then rarely brings a decision forward.

Which day decisions land

Mon
18.9%
Tue
20.9%
Wed
22.4%
Thu
23.9%
Fri
13.9%

An even working week is 20% a day. Amber marks a day carrying 26% or more.

By application type

TypeDecisionsAfter targetOn deadline
Householder planning permission 136 13% 69%
Approval of details reserved by a condition (d 103 37% 41%
Tree works: Trees in conservation areas/subjec 99 33% 48%
Lawful development: Proposed use 83 24% 63%
Full planning permission 72 54% 40%
All Other 43 72% 14%
Prior Approval: Larger Home Extension 36 6% 67%
Non-Material Amendment 19 58% 32%

Delegated vs committee

RouteDecisionsAfter target
Delegated 656 34%

What "after the target" means. Published data cannot distinguish an agreed extension of time from a target that was simply missed — both appear the same way. This measures when the decision was issued relative to the statutory target, and nothing more. Deadline data is currently available for London authorities only.

Development plan

Kingston Core Strategy 2012
Adoption date not published in the national register · plan period 2012-01-01–2027-01-01
Plan documents

National statistics for this authority →

Councils with data on file

Westminster (2216) Barnet (1595) Wandsworth (1096) Ealing (1016) Enfield (999) Richmond upon Thames (992) Lambeth (926) Redbridge (913) Southwark (907) Cornwall (900) Croydon (872) Greenwich (776) Islington (774) Hillingdon (763) Havering (675) Brent (675) Kingston upon Thames (665) Hounslow (649) Haringey (648) Newham (618) Bexley (569) Gateshead Council (458) Tower Hamlets (441) Camden (422)

On the numbers. The refusal rate, officers and agents here are computed from the applications PlanningCore has collected for this authority — for most councils that is a recent sample rather than the full register, and the date range above tells you which. The appeal overturn rate comes from Planning Inspectorate decisions and covers a much longer period. Use the national statistics page for complete, official volumes.

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