Development Intent
Case officer · Hammersmith And Fulham Planning

Tom Scriven.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Hammersmith And Fulham with an approval rate of 92% across 83 decided planning applications, spanning 15 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer83 decisions92% approvalSave
Hammersmith And Fulham · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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83
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%83%202087%202188%2022100%202390%2024100%2025100%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate92% · 27th 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 reports42 officer reports parsed
15%
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.

Character & heritage
2.41× borough avg
Trees & landscape
1.58× borough avg
Daylight & sunlight
1.15× borough avg
Materials & detailing
1.13× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
0.95× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Scriven's caseload is dominated by rear extensions and dormer additions, and he consistently states the precise depth of a proposal's projection BEYOND a specific named neighbouring property's own rear wall (e.g. 'a projection of approximately 1.5m beyond the rear of the neighbour at No.26') rather than the total depth from the host dwelling, treating this incremental figure as the operative amenity measure. On dormer additions he identifies whether the proposal would 'infil a gap within a row of rear dormers' along the terrace, treating a gap-filling scheme as inherently following the established pattern of development.

Observable habits

· states the precise incremental projection BEYOND a specific named neighbouring property's own rear wall (not the total depth from the host dwelling) as the operative amenity measure

· identifies whether a proposed dormer or roof extension would 'infil a gap' within an otherwise consistent row of similar extensions along the terrace, treating gap-filling as inherently following the established pattern

· on marginal 45-degree infringements from a back addition or terrace, checks whether the EXISTING rear outrigger already significantly breaches the angle due to its own proximity to the boundary before assessing whether the new works add materially to that

What their reports consistently look for

· the precise incremental projection of a proposal beyond a SPECIFIC named neighbour's own rear wall, rather than the total depth from the host dwelling

· whether a dormer or roof extension would fill a gap within an otherwise consistent row of similar extensions along the terrace

· whether the existing rear outrigger already significantly breaches the 45-degree angle due to its own proximity to the boundary, before assessing new works

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In their own words

It would project approximately 1.5m beyond the rear of the existing outrigger. This would result in a projection of approximately 1.5m beyond the rear of the neighbour at No.26.

2023/01341/FUL

The proposal would infil a gap within a row of rear dormers on this part of the terrace. Therefore it is considered that this element of the proposal would follow the established pattern of development within the area.

2021/00497/FUL

Measured from 42 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 42 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

DC1Built environment quality and integration
33 times cited
DC4High standard of design for alterations and extensions
33 times cited
DC8Heritage and conservation: Buildings at risk
31 times cited
HO11Detailed Residential Standards
30 times cited
CC11Noise and Vibration Control for Developments
20 times cited
CC3Flood Risk Assessment Requirement
12 times cited
CC13Control of potentially polluting uses and environmental nuisance
11 times cited
CC2Sustainable Design and Construction in Major Developments
11 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
P/2026/00963/FUL
Full Planning Application
2026-04-09
2025/03262/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2026-02-11
P/2026/00963/FUL
Full Planning Application
2026-04-09
2025/03262/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2026-02-11
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Matthew Blythin / DHA Planning
2. Mr Nick Varey / Studio Varey
3. Keeley Newell / Michael Dyson Associates Ltd.
4. Rosie Dennis / DHA Planning
At a glance
OfficerTom Scriven
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications83 (2020–26)
Approval rate92%
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]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 42 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.