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Case officer · Hillingdon Planning

Christopher Lamb.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Hillingdon with an approval rate of 89% across 127 decided planning applications, spanning 8 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer127 decisions89% approvalSave
Hillingdon · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
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127
Applications
2023–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%86%202590%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate89% · 18th of 59
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 Christopher Lamb'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 Christopher Lamb decided — 25 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

DMHB11Design of New DevelopmentHillingdon plan
10 times cited
DMT2Highways ImpactsHillingdon plan
5 times cited
DMT6Vehicle ParkingHillingdon plan
4 times cited
G6London Plan
4 times cited
NPPFNPPF
4 times cited
DMHB4Conservation AreasHillingdon plan
4 times cited
DMHB14Trees and LandscapingHillingdon plan
4 times cited
6.1Superseded
4 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2023–26.[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
22707/APP/2026/447
Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-03
18371/APP/2025/3103
Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-01
22707/APP/2026/447
Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-03
18371/APP/2025/3103
Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-01
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. The Planning Studio
2. Consilio Group Argyle House Office
3. PLG Consultants LTD
4. Mr Hussein Huseyin A-Z Building Services
At a glance
OfficerChristopher Lamb
BoroughHillingdon
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications127 (2023–26)
Approval rate89%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
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The delegated share by borough and officer — where the real power over decisions sits.
Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Hillingdon planning register and published decision notices, 2023–26. · 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 Hillingdon 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.