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Case officer · Islington Planning

James White.

Active — last recorded decision Nov 2025

A case officer at Islington with an approval rate of 89% across 10 decided planning applications, spanning 4 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer10 decisions89% approvalSave
Islington · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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10
Applications
2020–25
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%100%202480%2025100%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate89% · 26th of 55
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 James White'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 this officer cites most across their decisions — how often each appears, and whether refusals citing it survive appeal.

In development — policy citations are coded from officer reports, and that parsing hasn't run for Islington yet. Nothing is shown until it is real.

Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
6
100%
Show all 4 rows

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–25.[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
P2024/2716/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2026-02-20
P2023/1744/FUL
Full Planning Application
Refused
2025-11-28
P2024/2716/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2026-02-20
P2023/1744/FUL
Full Planning Application
Refused
2025-11-28
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Gerald Eve LLP
At a glance
OfficerJames White
BoroughIslington
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications10 (2020–25)
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 Islington planning register and published decision notices, 2020–25. · 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 Islington 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.