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Case officer · Barnet Planning

Robert Sweeney.

Last recorded decision Feb 2023 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Barnet with an approval rate of 86% across 43 decided planning applications, spanning 19 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer43 decisions86% approvalSave
Barnet · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
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43
Applications
2021–23
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%91%202279%2023
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate86% · 25th 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

Not filled in yet — this needs at least 20 of Robert Sweeney's own officer reports parsed, and their reports haven't reached that threshold in the parsing run. It fills automatically as parsing progresses; nothing is estimated in its place.

Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications Robert Sweeney decided — 3 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

CS1 arnet’s place shaping strategy – protection,Barnet plan
3 times cited
DM01Protecting Barnet’s character and amenity PageBarnet plan
3 times cited
NPPFNPPF
3 times cited
D4London Plan
1 times cited
RD1Neighbourhood plan
1 times cited
S1Neighbourhood plan
1 times cited
D3London Plan
1 times cited
SI12London Plan
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2021–23.[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
23/0451/RCU
Retention/Continued Use
Approved
2023-05-09
22/5687/HSE
Householder Application
Refused
2023-04-19
23/0451/RCU
Retention/Continued Use
Approved
2023-05-09
22/5687/HSE
Householder Application
Refused
2023-04-19
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Domenech Designs Ltd
2. Shorten
3. Hark Architecture
4. Cincotta Architects Ltd.
At a glance
OfficerRobert Sweeney
BoroughBarnet
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications43 (2021–23)
Approval rate86%
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, 2021–23. · 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.