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Case officer · Lambeth Planning

James Maloney.

Recently active — last recorded decision Oct 2025

A case officer at Lambeth with an approval rate of 80% across 82 decided planning applications, spanning 10 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer82 decisions80% approvalSave
Lambeth · 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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82
Applications
2024–25
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%60%202484%202550%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate80% · 35th of 72
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

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Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications James Maloney decided — 73 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

Q11Building alterations and extensionsLambeth plan
44 times cited
Q5Local distinctivenessLambeth plan
43 times cited
Q8Design quality: construction detailingLambeth plan
34 times cited
Q22Conservation areasLambeth plan
28 times cited
Q20Statutory listed buildingsLambeth plan
25 times cited
Q2AmenityLambeth plan
19 times cited
T1Sustainable travelLambeth plan
8 times cited
T3CyclingLambeth plan
8 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2024–25.[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
25/00649/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-04-15
24/03887/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Refused
2026-02-06
25/00649/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-04-15
24/03887/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Refused
2026-02-06
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Thomas & Thomas
2. Thomas & Thomas Chartered Surveyors
3. CAN
4. Archtonics Architecture
At a glance
OfficerJames Maloney
BoroughLambeth
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications82 (2024–25)
Approval rate80%
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 Lambeth planning register and published decision notices, 2024–25. · 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 Lambeth 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.