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Case officer · Croydon Planning

Richard Freeman.

Last recorded decision Oct 2021 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Croydon with an approval rate of 75% across 4 decided planning applications, spanning 4 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer4 decisions75% approvalSave
Croydon · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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4
Applications
2020–21
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average

Not enough dated decisions for a trend yet.

What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate75% · 29th of 83
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 Richard Freeman'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 Richard Freeman decided — 4 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

SP4.1Croydon plan
1 times cited
DM10Design and characterCroydon plan
1 times cited
D3London Plan
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
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Decisions
Approval rate
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1
100%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–21.[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
21/04289/HSE
Householder Application
Approved
2021-10-13
21/03959/HSE
Householder Application
Refused
2021-10-08
21/04289/HSE
Householder Application
Approved
2021-10-13
21/03959/HSE
Householder Application
Refused
2021-10-08
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Hutchinson Design & Planning Services
2. Cadmonkies
At a glance
OfficerRichard Freeman
BoroughCroydon
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications4 (2020–21)
Approval rate75%
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 Croydon planning register and published decision notices, 2020–21. · 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 Croydon 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.