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Case officer · Ealing Planning

Gareth John.

Recently active — last recorded decision Apr 2025

A case officer at Ealing with an approval rate of 83% across 7 decided planning applications, spanning 6 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer7 decisions83% approvalSave
Ealing · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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7
Applications
2020–25
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%100%2020100%202250%2023100%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate83% · 19th 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 reports

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Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications Gareth John decided — 2 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

D3London Plan
2 times cited
D4London Plan
2 times cited
NPPFNPPF
2 times cited
S5London Plan
1 times cited
G3London Plan
1 times cited
5.2Ealing plan
1 times cited
5.6Ealing plan
1 times cited
H2London Plan
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–25.[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
251482FUL
Full Application
Approved
2026-05-15
251482FUL
Full Application
Approved
2026-05-15
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Iceni Projects
2. DP9 Ltd
3. Stockwool Architects LLP
4. Setplan Chartered Town Planners
At a glance
OfficerGareth John
BoroughEaling
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications7 (2020–25)
Approval rate83%
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 Ealing planning register and published decision notices, 2020–25. · 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]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.