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Case officer · Hammersmith And Fulham Planning

George Shakir.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Hammersmith And Fulham with an approval rate of 98% across 492 decided planning applications, spanning 13 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer492 decisions98% approvalSave
Hammersmith And Fulham · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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492
Applications
2021–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%100%202295%2023100%202499%2025100%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate98% · 9th 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 reports234 officer reports parsed
11%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
0%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
0%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
86%
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.

Privacy & overlooking
1.76× borough avg
Character & heritage
1.54× borough avg
Energy & sustainability
1.53× borough avg
Materials & detailing
1.07× borough avg
Flooding & drainage
0.78× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Shakir's reports are the most terse of the coded officers, frequently opening a criterion assessment with a bare 'Complies-' before a short factual sentence, and relying heavily on cross-references ('Refer to section DC1L and DC4L of this report') rather than repeating reasoning. His caseload includes a notable share of window/door replacement and basement enlargement applications within Article 4 basement-restriction areas, and he is distinctive for framing rear/roof extensions as acceptable primarily because they are an 'established form of development on this type of property in the surrounding neighbourhood', a broad area-character finding rather than a single named-precedent comparison.

Observable habits

· opens compliance findings with a terse 'Complies-' prefix followed by a brief factual sentence, rather than a discursive paragraph

· relies on internal cross-references between policy sections ('Refer to section DC1L and DC4L') rather than repeating the same reasoning under each heading

· justifies rear/roof extensions primarily via a broad 'established form of development... in the surrounding neighbourhood' area-character finding rather than one specific named precedent

What their reports consistently look for

· whether a rear or roof extension type is an established, common form of development in the surrounding neighbourhood generally, rather than requiring one specific comparable precedent

· whether a basement proposal is compliant with the borough-wide Article 4 Direction restricting basement development

· brief factual compliance against each Housing Standards Key Principle criterion, cross-referenced rather than repeated

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In their own words

Such rear extensions and loft extensions are an established form of development on this type of property in the surrounding neighbourhood

2022/02612/FUL

The site is subject to the borough wide Article 4 Direction restricting basement development

2022/00582/FUL

Measured from 234 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 234 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

DC1Built environment quality and integration
210 times cited
HO11Detailed Residential Standards
210 times cited
DC4High standard of design for alterations and extensions
208 times cited
DC8Heritage and conservation: Buildings at risk
171 times cited
DC6Respecting architectural character with replacement windows
141 times cited
CC11Noise and Vibration Control for Developments
104 times cited
CC3Flood Risk Assessment Requirement
92 times cited
DC2New build design standards and compatibility
79 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
2025/01666/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-09
2025/02016/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-03
2025/01666/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-09
2025/02016/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-03
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Mr Joe Marshall / Silver Teal Ltd
2. Mr - Stern / SAM Planning services
3. Ms Georgina Turvey / Peek Architecture Ltd
4. Mr Bailey Ellis / Baily Garner LLP
At a glance
OfficerGeorge Shakir
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications492 (2021–26)
Approval rate98%
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, 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 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 234 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.