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Case officer · Hillingdon Planning

Michael Briginshaw.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Hillingdon with an approval rate of 91% across 612 decided planning applications, spanning 35 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer612 decisions91% 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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612
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%89%202086%202195%202289%202391%202498%2025100%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate91% · 13th 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 Michael Briginshaw'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 Michael Briginshaw decided — 362 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

DMHB11Design of New DevelopmentHillingdon plan
36 times cited
D14London Plan
33 times cited
DMT1Managing Transport ImpactsHillingdon plan
31 times cited
DMT2Highways ImpactsHillingdon plan
31 times cited
DMT6Vehicle ParkingHillingdon plan
28 times cited
T4London Plan
28 times cited
T7London Plan
28 times cited
DMEI14Air QualityHillingdon plan
27 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
12853/APP/2026/805
Planning Application
Withdrawn
2026-06-04
12853/APP/2026/506
Planning Application
No determination
2026-05-21
12853/APP/2026/805
Planning Application
Withdrawn
2026-06-04
12853/APP/2026/506
Planning Application
No determination
2026-05-21
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Vail Williams LLP Vail Williams LLP Savannah House
2. Mr Daniel Osborne Boyer Planning Consultants
3. Ben Christian Vail Williams LLP Savannah House
4. Mr Philip Boyce Sheen Lane Developments Ltd.
At a glance
OfficerMichael Briginshaw
BoroughHillingdon
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications612 (2020–26)
Approval rate91%
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, 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 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.