Development Intent
AtlasHackneyOfficersMonika Vistartaite
Case officer · Hackney Planning

Monika Vistartaite.

Last recorded decision Jul 2022 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Hackney with an approval rate of 90% across 53 decided planning applications, spanning 21 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer53 decisions90% approvalSave
Hackney · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
At a glanceEach metric links to the investigation behind it
All investigations →
53
Applications
2022
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 compareVersus peers
Approval rate90% · 6th of 52
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 reports52 officer reports parsed
11%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
9%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
2%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
66%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Hackney's average officer

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

Materials & detailing
2.15× borough avg
Privacy & overlooking
1.44× borough avg
Character & heritage
1.4× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
1.35× borough avg
Daylight & sunlight
1.18× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Vistartaite's lawful-development-certificate reports work systematically through each GPDO class condition with a pass/fail marker against each clause, and her design conclusions for extensions cite the exact solid-to-void ratio and materials palette (brick type, roof membrane, window material) rather than a general design statement.

Observable habits

· works through GPDO class conditions clause by clause, marking each individually as pass ('P') or not applicable

· specifies the exact materials palette (brick type, roofing membrane, window material) for an extension rather than a general 'appropriate materials' statement

· confirms biodiversity condition compliance by naming the specific mitigation feature (swift boxes, nest boxes) and the policy clause it satisfies

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: each individual GPDO class condition checked and marked pass/fail on its own, not a summary conclusion

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the exact materials palette (brick type, roof membrane, window material) specified for a proposed extension

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the specific named biodiversity mitigation feature and which policy sub-clause it satisfies

Assigned Monika Vistartaite on a live case?What they pay attention to, how they reason, and what their reports consistently look for — so you can address it before they raise it.Subscribe to unlock →
In their own words

Volume of rear roof extension = 29m� B.2 Development is permitted by Class B subject to the following conditions--

2022/0469

London Stock bricks for elevations, grey membrane for the roof, and painted timber for new windows and doors.

2022/0472

Brick faced swift nest boxes would be incorporated below the main eaves along the flank elevation close to the rear elevation. This would satisfy the requirements outlined in Policy LP47 of Local Plan 2033.

2022/0472

Measured from 52 published Hackney 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 52 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

LP17Housing Design
27 times cited
D1130 Kingsland High Street and site to the rear 130A Kingsland High
21 times cited
D3Allocation: Mixed-use including residential
21 times cited
D4Allocation: Mixed-use including residential
21 times cited
LP1Part A will be applied having regard to the scale and location of the
19 times cited
D6Allocation: Retail/market uses
18 times cited
G5
18 times cited
LP2Development and Amenity
18 times cited
Which policies this officer leans on is subscriber intelligenceSubscribe to unlock →
Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2022.[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
2022/1041
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-10-12
2022/1452
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-10-03
2022/1041
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-10-12
2022/1452
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-10-03
Full application history locked
Subscribe to see all 53 decisions →
Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. SAM Planning services
2. Resi
3. MoreSpace
4. Rees Architects
At a glance
OfficerMonika Vistartaite
BoroughHackney
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications53 (2022)
Approval rate90%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
Related investigations
When committees overrule officers like this one →
How often members depart from officer recommendations, and how those overrides fare at appeal.
How much gets decided without a committee →
The delegated share by borough and officer — where the real power over decisions sits.
Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Hackney planning register and published decision notices, 2022. · 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 Hackney 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 52 published Hackney 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.