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Case officer · Kingston Upon Thames Planning

Shelley Gifford.

Last recorded decision Nov 2022 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Kingston Upon Thames with an approval rate of 75% across 271 decided planning applications, spanning 35 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer271 decisions75% approvalSave
Kingston Upon Thames · 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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271
Applications
2020–22
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%73%202176%2022
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate75% · 8th of 32
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 reports23 officer reports parsed
0%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
0%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
0%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
—
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
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Measured from 23 published Kingston Upon Thames officer reports written by this officer, with recited policy boilerplate stripped before any counting. These describe how this officer works and writes — they are not outcome predictions. Every quote is from a named public report.

Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications Shelley Gifford decided — 98 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

DM10Design Requirements for New Developments (including House Extensions)134Kingston Upon Thames plan
92 times cited
D3London Plan
89 times cited
CS8Character, Design and HeritageKingston Upon Thames plan
84 times cited
DM12Development in Conservation Areas and Affecting Heritage AssetsKingston Upon Thames plan
10 times cited
NPPFNPPF
5 times cited
SI12London Plan
5 times cited
CS1New Community Facilities and theKingston Upon Thames plan
5 times cited
DM4Water Management and Flood RiskKingston Upon Thames plan
5 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
18
83%
18
67%
15
67%
15
71%
15
71%
15
50%
15
60%
13
77%
13
69%
12
67%
12
82%
11
80%
10
80%
9
78%
7
86%
7
67%
7
71%
6
83%
6
100%
5
50%
5
80%
4
100%
4
75%
4
75%
3
100%
3
67%
3
67%
3
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
1
100%
18
83%
18
67%
15
67%
Show all 35 rows
15
71%
15
71%
15
50%
15
60%
13
77%
13
69%
12
67%
12
82%
11
80%
10
80%
9
78%
7
86%
7
67%
7
71%
6
83%
6
100%
5
50%
5
80%
4
100%
4
75%
4
75%
3
100%
3
67%
3
67%
3
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
1
100%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–22.[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
22/03482/HOU
Householder
Approved
2022-12-22
22/03436/HOU
Householder
Approved
2022-12-22
22/03482/HOU
Householder
Approved
2022-12-22
22/03436/HOU
Householder
Approved
2022-12-22
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. A5 Architecture Ltd
2. Fluent ADS Ltd
3. Panorama Design and Property Limited
4. Paul Wiggins Architects
At a glance
OfficerShelley Gifford
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications271 (2020–22)
Approval rate75%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
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Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Kingston Upon Thames planning register and published decision notices, 2020–22. · 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 Kingston Upon Thames decision notices (grant/split), parsed from the published notice text; a borough figure, not yet split per case officer.
  4. [4]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 23 published Kingston Upon Thames officer reports written by this officer, recited policy boilerplate stripped before counting; disposition text coded from their own reasoning with every quote machine-verified verbatim. Descriptive of how they work — not outcome predictions.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.