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Case officer · Barnet Planning

Daniel Wieder.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Barnet with an approval rate of 73% across 366 decided planning applications, spanning 28 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer366 decisions73% approvalSave
Barnet · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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366
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%81%202180%202273%202369%202455%202558%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate73% · 70th of 85
higher is betterdashed = London avg
Decision time · publishes with decision notices
in development
Appeal overturn · publishes with decision notices
in development
How this officer decides — from their own reports122 officer reports parsed
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
15%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
50%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Barnet's average officer

Topic mentions per 1,000 words of their own report text (boilerplate stripped), indexed against all parsed Barnet reports. Attention, not stance.

Energy & sustainability
2.07× borough avg
Noise & disturbance
1.96× borough avg
Flooding & drainage
1.79× borough avg
Materials & detailing
1.49× borough avg
Trees & landscape
1.36× borough avg

Mark = borough average (1×). Bar capped at 2×.

How they reason — coded from their reports

Wieder's caseload of extensions and roof alterations is notable for treating a full re-clad/re-roofed 'replacement' of an existing extension as its own distinct assessment category — weighing the change in MATERIALS (glazed conservatory to rendered wall) as a genuine visual-improvement factor, not just measuring the new footprint against the old. He also consults Tree Officers explicitly wherever protected trees sit near a boundary, citing BS5837:2012 by name.

Observable habits

· treats a material-composition CHANGE (e.g. glazed conservatory replaced by rendered wall) as its own positive visual-improvement factor distinct from the size comparison

· cites BS5837:2012 by name when protected trees sit near a construction boundary, requiring a tree protection plan as a pre-commencement condition

· compares a proposed extension's depth to the EXISTING structure it replaces on the same footprint, not to a generic guidance figure alone

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether a proposed replacement improves the MATERIAL composition of an existing extension (not just matches or exceeds its size)

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: a BS5837:2012-compliant tree protection plan as a pre-commencement condition wherever protected trees sit near the construction boundary

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the depth of the EXISTING structure being replaced on the same footprint, as the direct comparator rather than a generic guidance figure

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In their own words

the replacement of the totally glazed conservatory with a white rendered wall on the East flank and dual pitched tiled roof, serves to improve the relationship and consistency of the extensions form, scale and style with the original building

21/1048/HSE

a tree protection plan must be provided as a pre-commencement condition in order to prevent harm from construction activities within in the tree root protection area… in accordance with BS5837:2012

22/0020/HSE

Measured from 122 published Barnet officer reports written by this officer, with recited policy boilerplate stripped before any counting. These describe how this officer works and writes — they are not outcome predictions. Every quote is from a named public report.

Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies this officer cites most in their own reports — times cited across 122 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

CS1 arnet’s place shaping strategy – protection,
82 times cited
CS NPPF
81 times cited
CS5 rotecting and enhancing Barnet’s character
80 times cited
CS9Enlargement of School Facilities CS10 DM
53 times cited
CS14Dealing with our waste
48 times cited
CS7Enhancing and protecting Barnet’s open spaces
36 times cited
CS4Providing quality homes and housing choice in Barnet
19 times cited
DM01Protecting Barnet’s character and amenity Page
8 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–26.[1] Click the map above to focus this page on a ward, or a row to open the ward.

Recent applications
Address
Reference
Type
Outcome
Date
25/1972/FUL
Full Application
Approved
2026-06-05
26/1034/FUL
Full Application
Refused
2026-05-28
25/1972/FUL
Full Application
Approved
2026-06-05
26/1034/FUL
Full Application
Refused
2026-05-28
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Faithorn Farrell Timms
2. UPP Architects + Town Planners
3. Stuart Henley and Partners
4. Henry Planning Ltd
At a glance
OfficerDaniel Wieder
BoroughBarnet
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications366 (2020–26)
Approval rate73%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
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Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Barnet planning register and published decision notices, 2020–26. · methodology
  2. [2]Appeal overturn and decision-time benchmarks — Planning Inspectorate (PINS) appeal decisions and application date pairs; not yet computed per officer, shown as a dash until they are. · PINS appeals casework
  3. [3]Condition load — mean effective conditions attached to Barnet decision notices (grant/split), parsed from the published notice text; a borough figure, not yet split per case officer.
  4. [4]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 122 published Barnet officer reports written by this officer, recited policy boilerplate stripped before counting; disposition text coded from their own reasoning with every quote machine-verified verbatim. Descriptive of how they work — not outcome predictions.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.