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Case officer · Havering Planning

Habib Neshat.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Havering with an approval rate of 70% across 273 decided planning applications, spanning 26 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer273 decisions70% approvalSave
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Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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273
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%79%202064%202164%202263%202368%202476%202583%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate70% · 21st of 34
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 reports291 officer reports parsed
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
7%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
68%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Havering's average officer

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

Daylight & sunlight
1.61× borough avg
Bulk & massing
1.2× borough avg
Noise & disturbance
1.19× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
1.1× borough avg
Transport & parking
1.08× borough avg

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

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In their own words

Consequently, therefore, the massing and scaling of this element of the proposal are deemed acceptable and it is not considered the first floor rear extension would be harmful to the character and appearance of the rear garden scene.

P0007.24 · recommendation: It is recommended that planning permission be GRANTED subject to the condition(s) given at the end of the report

It is considered that the single storey rear extension would not be materially harmful to the amenity of neighbouring properties or their rear gardens, as its depth and height would comply with the Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD.

P0008.24 · recommendation: It is recommended that planning permission be REFUSED for the reason(s) given at the end of the report

The extensions would also disrupt the existing detached nature of the dwelling harmful to the character of the host dwelling and its contribution to the wider street scene contrary to Policies 7 and 26 of the Havering Local Plan and the Residential Extensions and Alterations SPD (2011).

P0012.24 · recommendation: It is recommended that planning permission be REFUSED for the reason(s) given at the end of the report

Measured from 291 published Havering 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 291 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

26Urban design
143 times cited
7Residential design and amenity
133 times cited
24Parking provision and design
112 times cited
D4
102 times cited
D1
98 times cited
T6
94 times cited
34Managing pollution
40 times cited
T6.1
19 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
P0324.26
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-06-03
P0372.26
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-06-02
P0324.26
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-06-03
P0372.26
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-06-02
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Causeway Planning
2. Civils Consulting Ltd
3. Mr David Weller Studio
4. Mr Jeremy Castle Deloitte LLP
At a glance
OfficerHabib Neshat
BoroughHavering
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications273 (2020–26)
Approval rate70%
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 Havering 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 — Havering's decision-notice parsing is limited coverage, so no borough or officer figure is shown.
  4. [4]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 291 published Havering 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.