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Case officer · Barnet Planning

James Langsmead.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Barnet with an approval rate of 88% across 12 decided planning applications, spanning 9 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer12 decisions88% approvalSave
Barnet · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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12
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%50%2022100%2023100%2024100%2025100%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate88% · 20th 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 reports

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Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications James Langsmead decided — 1 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

CDH01Promoting High Quality DesignBarnet plan
1 times cited
D3London Plan
1 times cited
D13London Plan
1 times cited
D14London Plan
1 times cited
ECC02Green Belt and Metropolitan Open LandBarnet plan
1 times cited
D4London Plan
1 times cited
ECC01Mitigating Climate Change and Net Zero TargetsBarnet plan
1 times cited
TRC01Barnet plan
1 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
25/4757/OUT
Outline Application
2025-11-28
25/4757/OUT
Outline Application
2025-11-28
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. SM Planning
2. Avison Young
3. Studio Y2
4. ELW Planning
At a glance
OfficerJames Langsmead
BoroughBarnet
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications12 (2020–26)
Approval rate88%
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]Policy citations will be coded from officer reports against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF — that parsing has not run for this borough yet.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.