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Case officer · Bexley Planning

Ian Smith.

Active — last recorded decision Nov 2025

A case officer at Bexley with an approval rate of 80% across 468 decided planning applications, spanning 14 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer468 decisions80% approvalSave
Bexley · 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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468
Applications
2020–25
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%78%202072%202182%202289%202375%2024100%2025
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate80% · 22nd of 31
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 Ian Smith'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 this officer cites most across their decisions — how often each appears, and whether refusals citing it survive appeal.

In development — policy citations are coded from officer reports, and that parsing hasn't run for Bexley yet. Nothing is shown until it is real.

Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
68
74%
67
80%
63
82%
60
77%
57
75%
53
84%
33
78%
32
79%
10
90%
9
100%
6
100%
4
100%
3
100%
3
100%
68
74%
67
80%
63
82%
Show all 14 rows
60
77%
57
75%
53
84%
33
78%
32
79%
10
90%
9
100%
6
100%
4
100%
3
100%
3
100%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–25.[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
23/02231/FULM
Major Detailed Planning Application
Withdrawn
2025-12-17
23/03120/FULM
Major Detailed Planning Application
Approved
2025-07-09
23/02231/FULM
Major Detailed Planning Application
Withdrawn
2025-12-17
23/03120/FULM
Major Detailed Planning Application
Approved
2025-07-09
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. RT Drafting Solutions Limited
2. Wilson Architectural Building Designs Ltd
3. Colin Luther Associates Ltd
4. TG Architecture Limited
At a glance
OfficerIan Smith
BoroughBexley
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications468 (2020–25)
Approval rate80%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
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The delegated share by borough and officer — where the real power over decisions sits.
Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Bexley planning register and published decision notices, 2020–25. · 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 — Bexley's decision-notice parsing is limited coverage, so no borough or officer figure is shown.
  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.