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Case officer · Ealing Planning

Cheryl Yeung.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Ealing with an approval rate of 71% across 154 decided planning applications, spanning 24 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer154 decisions71% approvalSave
Ealing · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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154
Applications
2021–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%66%202578%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate71% · 42nd of 44
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 reports74 officer reports parsed
41%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
11%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
8%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
58%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Ealing's average officer

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

Precedent & consistency
3.27× borough avg
Character & heritage
1.73× borough avg
Trees & landscape
1.65× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
1.24× borough avg
Privacy & overlooking
0.93× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Yeung's backland-development reports explicitly name the NPPF windfall-sites paragraph (72) and the Housing Design Guidance's subordination requirement together before assessing a new dwelling in a rear garden, treating backland status as a distinct policy category rather than folding it into general design assessment. Her sustainability sections itemise each named measure (SIPS construction, gas-free/electric-only, sedum roof, SAP assessment) as a discrete bulleted commitment rather than a general "sustainable design" statement.

Observable habits

· explicitly names backland development as its own policy category, citing NPPF paragraph 72 on windfall sites alongside the Housing Design Guidance's subordination requirement before assessing a new rear-garden dwelling

· itemises each named sustainability commitment (construction method, energy source, roof type, assessment stage) as a discrete bullet rather than a single general sustainability paragraph

· for heritage/conservation refusals, quotes the specific management-plan paragraph number alongside a factual site-visit finding (e.g. original glazing condition observed) before reaching a conclusion

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the specific NPPF windfall-sites paragraph and Housing Design Guidance subordination requirement cited together for any new backland/rear-garden dwelling

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: each individual named sustainability measure (construction method, energy source, biodiversity feature) itemised as its own commitment

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: a dated site-visit finding on the physical condition of original historic fabric (e.g. glazing) before assessing a listed-building alteration

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In their own words

The proposed development is considered as a backland development. In general, backland development, if not properly designed, would be detrimental to the character of the area and significantly reduce the area of the existing rear garden of the host building. Ealing's Housing Design Guidance states that backland development should be subordinate in scale to buildings that front the street

252110FUL

The site visit was carried out on 03.09.2025, and noted that nearly all the windows in the flat are original and most have original glass with imperfections and bubbles, which are generally well maintained and in good condition

252863LBC

Measured from 74 published Ealing 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 74 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

D4
30 times cited
D3
29 times cited
D6
9 times cited
HC1
8 times cited
T4
8 times cited
SI 7
7 times cited
T6
7 times cited
D5
7 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
261465HH
Householder
Approved
2026-06-03
261532HH
Householder
Approved
2026-06-02
261465HH
Householder
Approved
2026-06-03
261532HH
Householder
Approved
2026-06-02
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Multi Creation
2. BPG Architects + Surveyors
3. SK Architecture
4. Faluck Raman Patel
At a glance
OfficerCheryl Yeung
BoroughEaling
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications154 (2021–26)
Approval rate71%
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 Ealing 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 — mean effective conditions attached to Ealing decision notices (grant/split), parsed from the published notice text; a borough figure, not yet split per case officer.
  4. [4]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 74 published Ealing 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.