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Case officer · Brent Planning

Hebe Leung.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Brent with an approval rate of 80% across 583 decided planning applications, spanning 11 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer583 decisions80% approvalSave
Brent · 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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583
Applications
2021–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%78%202282%202379%202478%202583%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate80% · 13th of 43
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 reports180 officer reports parsed
32%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
13%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
1%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
53%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Brent's average officer

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

Privacy & overlooking
1.56× borough avg
Materials & detailing
1.49× borough avg
Character & heritage
1.32× borough avg
Energy & sustainability
1.13× borough avg
Flooding & drainage
0.93× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Leung's Certificate of Lawfulness reports handle non-rectangular dormer shapes (triangular, trapezium) with the specific geometric formula shown for each, and refusal reports on outbuildings and garages cross-reference the specific reasons for refusal of a recent related application on the same site to test whether they have been addressed.

Observable habits

· applies the correct geometric formula (triangular, trapezium) for irregular dormer shapes rather than defaulting to a simple box calculation

· cross-references the exact reasons for refusal of a recent related application on the same site to test whether the current proposal overcomes them

· checks whether a proposed garage/outbuilding has independent street access, treating this as evidence for or against a genuinely incidental use

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the correct geometric formula for irregular (triangular/trapezium) dormer shapes rather than a simplified box calculation

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the specific reasons for refusal of a recent related application on the same site, tested one by one against the current scheme

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether a garage/outbuilding has independent street access as evidence bearing on genuinely incidental use

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In their own words

The Rear Main Dormer Extension (triangular): � Proposes a width of 5.64 m � Proposes a depth of 3.86 m � Proposes a height of 2.31 m � Proposes an internal volume of 22.3 cubic metres [(5.64 * 3.86 * 2.31) / 2 = 25.1]

22/3502

This application follows a recent refusal 22/1194 for ' Erection of double garage to rear to dwellinghouse. The reasons for refusal are as follows : 1. The proposed outbuilding due to its poor design, excessive size and siting, would unacceptably reduce the level of garden provision

22/3339

Measured from 180 published Brent 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 180 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

D12a
87 times cited
BD1Leading the Way in Good Urban Design
83 times cited
DMP1DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT GENERAL
72 times cited
BGI1GREEN AND BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE IN BRENT
41 times cited
BSUI4ON-SITE WATER MANAGEMENT AND
39 times cited
D4Delivering Good Design
36 times cited
BSUI2Air Quality requirements for major developments
19 times cited
BHC1BRENT’S HERITAGE ASSETS
16 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2021–26.[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
26/0683
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-06-03
26/0652
Householder
Approved
2026-05-29
26/0683
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-06-03
26/0652
Householder
Approved
2026-05-29
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. QPAD
2. Sterling Town Planning
3. TRUE ASSOCIATES
4. Urban Regen London Ltd
At a glance
OfficerHebe Leung
BoroughBrent
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications583 (2021–26)
Approval rate80%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
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Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Brent planning register and published decision notices, 2021–26. · 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 — Brent's decision-notice parsing is limited coverage, so no borough or officer figure is shown.
  4. [4]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 180 published Brent 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.