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Case officer · Hammersmith And Fulham Planning

Sarah Knaggs.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Hammersmith And Fulham with an approval rate of 96% across 96 decided planning applications, spanning 17 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer96 decisions96% approvalSave
Hammersmith And Fulham · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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96
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%73%2020100%2021100%2022100%2023100%2024100%2025100%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate96% · 12th 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 reports

Not filled in yet — this needs at least 20 of Sarah Knaggs's own officer reports parsed, and their reports haven't reached that threshold in the parsing run. It fills automatically as parsing progresses; nothing is estimated in its place.

Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications Sarah Knaggs decided — 3 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

DC1Built environment quality and integrationHammersmith And Fulham plan
3 times cited
DC8Heritage and conservation: Buildings at riskHammersmith And Fulham plan
3 times cited
DC4High standard of design for alterations and extensionsHammersmith And Fulham plan
2 times cited
39NPPF
2 times cited
NPPFNPPF
2 times cited
CC11Noise and Vibration Control for DevelopmentsHammersmith And Fulham plan
1 times cited
CC13Control of potentially polluting uses and environmental nuisanceHammersmith And Fulham plan
1 times cited
CC12Control of external lighting and light pollutionHammersmith And Fulham plan
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–26.[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
2025/00199/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-10
2025/00200/LBC
Listed Building Consent
Approved
2026-06-10
2025/00199/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-10
2025/00200/LBC
Listed Building Consent
Approved
2026-06-10
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Caroline McIntyre / Spring Planning Ltd
2. Miss Hannah Scott / Gerald Eve LLP
3. Chloe Staddon / Gerald Eve LLP
4. Roger Crundwell / Tuke Manton Architects LLP
At a glance
OfficerSarah Knaggs
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications96 (2020–26)
Approval rate96%
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 Hammersmith And Fulham planning register and published decision notices, 2020–26. · 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]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.