Planning Inspector · PINS
R Sabu.
A planning inspector deciding appeals across London. Has decided 43 appeals from 19 boroughs, allowing 28% of appeals — close to the London average of 26%. Where those appeals come from, and how they fell, is below.
Planning Inspector · PINS43 appeals28% allowed19 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 →43
Appeals decided
12 allowed · 30 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 Dwellings40%
Other minor developments33%
Householder developments28%
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
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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
3251291
Hammersmith and Fulham
Dismissed
H5390, W6, B2, B1
2026-03-29
3267003
Sutton
Dismissed
P5870, KT4, DM2020, C3
2026-03-29
3274934
Sutton
Dismissed
P5870, KT4, DM2020, D1
2026-03-29
3271588
Ealing
Dismissed
A5270, UB6
2026-03-29
3251291
Hammersmith and Fulham
Dismissed
H5390, W6, B2, B1
2026-03-29
3267003
Sutton
Dismissed
P5870, KT4, DM2020, C3
2026-03-29
3274934
Sutton
Dismissed
P5870, KT4, DM2020, D1
2026-03-29
Show all 4 rows
3271588
Ealing
Dismissed
A5270, UB6
2026-03-29
Full appeal history locked
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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
InspectorR Sabu
BodyPINS
Appeals decided43
Allowed rate28%
London allowed avg26%
Boroughs19
England cases196
England allowed rate20%
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.