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Case officer · Lambeth Planning

James Siow.

Last recorded decision Jul 2023 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Lambeth with an approval rate of 33% across 6 decided planning applications, spanning 3 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer6 decisions33% approvalSave
Lambeth · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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6
Applications
2023
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average

Not enough dated decisions for a trend yet.

What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate33% · 72nd 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

Not filled in yet — this needs at least 20 of James Siow'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 cited most on decision notices for applications James Siow decided — 3 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

Q5Local distinctivenessLambeth plan
3 times cited
Q11Building alterations and extensionsLambeth plan
3 times cited
Q8Design quality: construction detailingLambeth plan
2 times cited
Q2AmenityLambeth plan
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
3
67%
2
0%
1
0%
3
67%
2
0%
1
0%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2023.[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
23/02132/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-09-22
23/02071/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Refused
2023-08-24
23/02132/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-09-22
23/02071/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Refused
2023-08-24
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Blackdog
2. Seary Architects
3. Mittelman Associates
4. Firstplan
At a glance
OfficerJames Siow
BoroughLambeth
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications6 (2023)
Approval rate33%
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 Lambeth planning register and published decision notices, 2023. · 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.