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AtlasCamdenOfficersMatthew Kitchener
Case officer · Camden Planning

Matthew Kitchener.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Camden with an approval rate of 76% across 336 decided planning applications, spanning 20 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer336 decisions76% approvalSave
Camden · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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336
Applications
2024–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%84%202469%202587%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate76% · 72nd of 76
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 Matthew Kitchener decided — 51 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

D1DesignCamden plan
43 times cited
D2HeritageCamden plan
37 times cited
A1Managing the impact of development Camden plan
11 times cited
A2Open space Camden plan
8 times cited
A3Biodiversity Camden plan
8 times cited
DH2Camden plan
8 times cited
DH1Camden plan
6 times cited
D3Shopfronts Camden plan
5 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2024–26.[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
2026/2201/P
Householder Application
2026-05-29
2026/2146/P
Householder Application
2026-05-27
2026/2201/P
Householder Application
2026-05-29
2026/2146/P
Householder Application
2026-05-27
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. SM Planning
2. 4D Planning
3. Clifton Interiors Limited
4. Landers & Associates
At a glance
OfficerMatthew Kitchener
BoroughCamden
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications336 (2024–26)
Approval rate76%
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 Camden planning register and published decision notices, 2024–26. · 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 Camden 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.