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Case officer · Brent Planning

Lisa McCann.

Last recorded decision Dec 2020 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Brent with an approval rate of 58% across 93 decided planning applications, spanning 15 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer93 decisions58% approvalSave
Brent · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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93
Applications
2020
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%60%202033%2021
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate58% · 39th 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 reports120 officer reports parsed
21%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
30%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
6%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
72%
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.

Noise & disturbance
2.78× borough avg
Transport & parking
1.89× borough avg
Precedent & consistency
1.64× borough avg
Bulk & massing
1.6× borough avg
Privacy & overlooking
1.49× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

McCann's conservation-area reports cite the exact set-back or gap requirement from the named Design Guide (e.g. a 2-metre side boundary gap in the Barn Hill Conservation Area) and directly attribute a refusal reason to the Conservation Officer's own concern about a 'terraced effect' between properties, rather than her own design judgement alone.

Observable habits

· cites the exact numerical set-back or gap requirement from the named Conservation Area Design Guide before applying it to the proposal

· attributes a specific design concern (e.g. a 'terraced effect' between properties) directly to the Conservation Officer's own assessment

· names the specific habitable room (kitchen, bedroom) served by a neighbouring window when assessing overbearing impact

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the precise numerical set-back or gap requirement stated in the named Design Guide

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the Conservation Officer's own specific concern, attributed directly rather than folded into the officer's own judgement

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: which habitable room (kitchen, bedroom) a neighbouring window serves before judging overbearing impact

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In their own words

The Barn Hill Conservation Area Design Guide states that to preserve the important separation and views between houses you should maintain a minimum gap of 2 metres to the side boundary (including side garages) at all levels.

20/0098

The Council’s Conservation Officer has raised concerns that the proposed design would lead to a terraced effect, with no separation between the properties, which is resisted on page 16 of the Barn Hill Conservation Area Design Guide.

20/0098

Measured from 120 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 120 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

DMP1DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT GENERAL
91 times cited
CP17
56 times cited
DMP12
33 times cited
BT3FREIGHT AND SERVICING
31 times cited
T5Cycling
30 times cited
3.5
29 times cited
D6Housing Quality and Standards
26 times cited
CP21
25 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020.[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
20/3734
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2021-01-11
20/4100
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2021-01-11
20/3734
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2021-01-11
20/4100
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2021-01-11
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Residential Design Solutions Ltd
2. TPP LTD
3. ICREATE DESIGNS LIMITED
4. Rojo Design & Development
At a glance
OfficerLisa McCann
BoroughBrent
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications93 (2020)
Approval rate58%
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 Brent planning register and published decision notices, 2020. · 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 120 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.