Planning Inspector · PINS
E Dade.
A planning inspector deciding appeals across London. Has decided 24 appeals from 13 boroughs, allowing 21% of appeals — below the London average of 26%. Where those appeals come from, and how they fell, is below.
Planning Inspector · PINS24 appeals21% allowed13 boroughs
Where appeals come from — by borough · tap to focus
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At a glanceEach metric links to the investigation behind it
All investigations →24
Appeals decided
5 allowed · 19 dismissed
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Avg inquiry
awaits decision-notice ingestion
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Costs awarded
not yet traced per inspector
Allowed rate over time — harsher or more lenient
Per-year allowed rates for this inspector aren't computed yet — the trend publishes when the dated PINS decision history is fully ingested. No trend is shown until it's real.
What they decide — by scheme type
Minor Dwellings47%
Householder developments28%
Other minor developments25%
Grounds that carry appeals — what this inspector upholds[1]
The policy grounds this inspector leans on most when deciding appeals — how often each appears, and how often an appeal citing it is allowed.
Policy grounds are coded from each decision letter — this table publishes when decision-notice ingestion lands. The raw policy references already sit on each appeal in the record below.
Backs the officer — case by case
Appeals where the committee refused against its own officer's recommendation — and whether this inspector then sided with the officer (allowing) or the committee (dismissing).
Matching this inspector's appeals to committee-vs-officer decisions isn't traced yet — it publishes with decision-notice ingestion. The London-wide pattern is already live in Committee Watch.
Appeals by borough
Borough
Appeals
Allowed rate
Where this inspector's appeals come from.[1] Click the map above to explore spatially, or a row to open the borough's appeals.
Costs awarded — by council
Costs decisions aren't yet traced to individual inspectors — the council-by-council costs table publishes when the PINS costs letters are ingested against this inspector's cases.
Recent appeals
Appeal ref
Borough
Outcome
Policies cited
Decided
3292289
Barnet
Dismissed
N5090, NW4, D3, CS5
2026-03-29
3289752
Barnet
Dismissed
N5090, HA8, CS5, DM01
2026-03-29
3286357
Sutton
Dismissed
P5870, SM1, DM2021
2026-03-29
3284166
Hackney
Allowed
U5360, N16, D1, D3
2026-03-29
3292289
Barnet
Dismissed
N5090, NW4, D3, CS5
2026-03-29
3289752
Barnet
Dismissed
N5090, HA8, CS5, DM01
2026-03-29
3286357
Sutton
Dismissed
P5870, SM1, DM2021
2026-03-29
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3284166
Hackney
Allowed
U5360, N16, D1, D3
2026-03-29
Full appeal history locked
Subscribe to see all 24 appeals →Agents at appeal
Which agents bring the most appeals before this inspector — and how often they win — publishes when the appeal case files are joined to the agent record. Pairing patterns, not endorsements.
At a glance
InspectorE Dade
BodyPINS
Appeals decided24
Allowed rate21%
London allowed avg26%
Boroughs13
England cases232
England allowed rate41%
Who decides here
Related investigations
Committee Watch — when members override their officers →
Where elected members override their planning officers — and how often the override is later overturned at appeal.
Refusal Hotspots — where it's hard →
The wards and boroughs where applications die — and the ones that wave almost everything through.
Sources & method
- [1]Appeals decided, allowed rate and the borough breakdown — Planning Inspectorate (PINS) published appeal decisions by this inspector across London. · PINS appeals casework
- [2]London-wide allowed-rate baseline — the same PINS appeal record aggregated across all 33 boroughs. · the Inspectorate — London
- [3]Scheme-type mix — PINS development-type classification of this inspector’s England-wide casework, where traced. · methodology
“Allowed” = the appeal succeeded, overruling the council. Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.