Planning Inspector · PINS
Jennifer Wallace.
A planning inspector deciding appeals across London. Has decided 12 appeals from 6 boroughs, allowing 25% of appeals — close to the London average of 26%. Where those appeals come from, and how they fell, is below.
Planning Inspector · PINS12 appeals25% allowed6 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 →12
Appeals decided
3 allowed · 8 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
The scheme-type mix hasn't been traced for this inspector yet — it publishes from the PINS development-type record where available.
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
3377243
Kingston upon Thames
Dismissed
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2026-08-07
3345917
Bexley
Invalid
D5120, DA5
2026-03-29
3345530
Havering
Dismissed
B5480, RM3, P0144, G2
2026-03-29
3345829
Redbridge
Dismissed
W5780, IG2, LP24, LP26
2026-03-29
3377243
Kingston upon Thames
Dismissed
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2026-08-07
3345917
Bexley
Invalid
D5120, DA5
2026-03-29
3345530
Havering
Dismissed
B5480, RM3, P0144, G2
2026-03-29
Show all 4 rows
3345829
Redbridge
Dismissed
W5780, IG2, LP24, LP26
2026-03-29
Full appeal history locked
Subscribe to see all 12 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
InspectorJennifer Wallace
BodyPINS
Appeals decided12
Allowed rate25%
London allowed avg26%
Boroughs6
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.