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.
Lambeth London Borough Council
GSS E09000022 · Portal: idox (ok) · council register
What this authority refuses on
Classified from the reasons in decision notices we hold for this council. Categories can overlap — one reason often engages more than one issue.
| Objection type | Reasons |
|---|---|
| Missing information or evidence | 1 |
| Highways and access | 1 |
| Neighbour amenity | 1 |
How this council decides
Measured against the published determination target on 923 decisions. Average window from valid date to target: 53 days (the statutory period is 56 days for most applications, 91 for majors).
(4+ days before target)
(final 3 days)
from valid to decision
This authority is mixed: a substantial share of decisions land after the statutory target, so treat the target as indicative.
Which day decisions land
| Mon | 19.3% | |
| Tue | 17.3% | |
| Wed | 19.3% | |
| Thu | 22.3% | |
| Fri | 21.8% |
An even working week is 20% a day. Amber marks a day carrying 26% or more.
By application type
| Type | Decisions | After target | On deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full planning permission | 146 | 50% | 30% |
| Tree works: Trees in conservation areas/subjec | 141 | 17% | 1% |
| Approval of details reserved by a condition (d | 120 | 33% | 28% |
| Householder planning permission | 119 | 30% | 51% |
| All Other | 74 | 55% | 26% |
| Lawful development: Proposed use | 73 | 33% | 45% |
| Full planning & display of advertisements | 56 | 36% | 64% |
| Full planning & listed building consent | 40 | 75% | 25% |
Delegated vs committee
| Route | Decisions | After target |
|---|---|---|
| Delegated | 903 | 41% |
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.
Policies most often cited in refusals
Case officers in our data
| Officer | Applications | Refused |
|---|---|---|
| Callum Henderson | 40 | 1 |
| Dominic Harris | 15 | 0 |
| Miss Nadia Harper | 14 | 3 |
| Katherine Leftwich | 13 | 5 |
| Larissa Hinds | 11 | 4 |
| Mrs Ruth Brown | 9 | 1 |
| Matthew Duigan | 9 | 0 |
| Ms Camilla Bebb | 8 | 2 |
Counts come from the applications we have scraped, which is a fraction of each officer's caseload. Treat as a sample of who is active, not as a performance measure of an individual.
Agents most active here
| Agent / firm | Applications |
|---|---|
| Not Available | 7 |
| Rolfe Judd Planning Ltd | 6 |
| Dimensions- Planning&Architecture | 5 |
| GraftinGardeners Ltd | 5 |
| Formation design and build | 5 |
| DP9 Limited | 5 |
| Martin Arnold | 3 |
| The Planning Lab | 3 |
Development plan
Lambeth Local Plan 2020-2035
Adopted 2021-09-22 · plan period 2020-01-01–2035-01-01
Plan documents
National statistics for this authority →
Councils with data on file
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.