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AtlasHammersmith and FulhamOfficersAmy Suetyan Lee
Case officer · Hammersmith And Fulham Planning

Amy SuetYan Lee.

Last recorded decision Aug 2023 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Hammersmith And Fulham with an approval rate of 91% across 126 decided planning applications, spanning 10 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer126 decisions91% approvalSave
Hammersmith And Fulham · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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126
Applications
2022–23
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%90%202292%20230%2024
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate91% · 31st of 45
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 reports68 officer reports parsed
12%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
5%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
2%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
73%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Hammersmith And Fulham's average officer

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

Trees & landscape
3.72× borough avg
Flooding & drainage
1.77× borough avg
Privacy & overlooking
1.74× borough avg
Noise & disturbance
1.35× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
1.19× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Lee's caseload is dominated by rear/side extensions and pod extensions, and she is distinctive for treating a marginal numeric overshoot on the 45-degree line as acceptable where the specific angle of infringement (e.g. 47 degrees against the 45-degree standard) is stated precisely and framed as a 'small infringement', combined with the extension not exceeding 50% of the outrigger depth. On ground floor windows, she checks whether the neighbouring ground floor side return has ALREADY been fully infilled along the boundary before concluding a new first-floor extension would not significantly add to existing impact at that level.

Observable habits

· states the precise angle of a 45-degree-line infringement in degrees (e.g. 47 degrees against the 45-degree standard) and frames a small numeric overshoot as acceptable given the extension's limited additional depth

· checks whether a neighbouring ground floor side return has already been infilled along the full width of the boundary before concluding a new first-floor extension would not add significantly to existing impact at that level

· runs a consistent roof terrace/noise test citing the specific terrace area against the 15sqm threshold alongside the number of affected neighbouring openings

What their reports consistently look for

· the precise angle in degrees by which a proposal infringes the 45-degree line, distinguishing marginal overshoots from significant breaches

· whether the neighbouring ground floor side return has already been infilled along the full boundary width, changing the amenity baseline

· the exact roof terrace area in square metres against the 15sqm threshold, and the number of neighbouring openings it could affect

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In their own words

the proposed pod extension would slightly infringe the 45 degree line of sight (i.e. 47 degree); however, given that this is a small infringement and the proposed pod extension is not more than 50% of the existing outrigger, the proposal would not significantly impact upon the rear facing windows of this neighbour

2023/00494/FUL

Given that the ground floor L-shaped extension has infilled along the full width of the boundary, the proposed extensions are not considered to have a significant impact on the neighbouring rear facing openings at ground floor level

2022/02572/FUL

Measured from 68 published Hammersmith And Fulham 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 68 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

DC1Built environment quality and integration
64 times cited
DC4High standard of design for alterations and extensions
64 times cited
HO11Detailed Residential Standards
56 times cited
DC8Heritage and conservation: Buildings at risk
47 times cited
DC6Respecting architectural character with replacement windows
46 times cited
CC11Noise and Vibration Control for Developments
24 times cited
CC3Flood Risk Assessment Requirement
24 times cited
CC4Minimising surface water run-off with Sustainable Drainage Systems
23 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2022–23.[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
2023/01869/FUL
Full Planning Application
Refused
2024-01-11
2023/01141/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2023-11-10
2023/01869/FUL
Full Planning Application
Refused
2024-01-11
2023/01141/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2023-11-10
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Mr Stern / SAM Planning services
2. Mr Derek Ambrose / Baily Garner LLP
3. Mr Robert Thompson / Robbie Thompson Design Ltd
4. Mrs Charlotte Lilford / Charlotte Lilford LTD
At a glance
OfficerAmy SuetYan Lee
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications126 (2022–23)
Approval rate91%
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 Hammersmith And Fulham planning register and published decision notices, 2022–23. · 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 Hammersmith And Fulham 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 68 published Hammersmith And Fulham 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.