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AtlasLambethOfficersLuke Farmer
Case officer · Lambeth Planning

Luke Farmer.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Lambeth with an approval rate of 90% across 66 decided planning applications, spanning 16 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer66 decisions90% approvalSave
Lambeth · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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66
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%100%202187%2022100%2023100%2024100%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate90% · 13th 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 Luke Farmer'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 Luke Farmer decided — 58 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

Q2AmenityLambeth plan
44 times cited
Q5Local distinctivenessLambeth plan
44 times cited
Q11Building alterations and extensionsLambeth plan
42 times cited
Q22Conservation areasLambeth plan
14 times cited
T1Sustainable travelLambeth plan
10 times cited
Q13Cycle storageLambeth plan
10 times cited
SI1London Plan
9 times cited
T3CyclingLambeth plan
9 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–26.[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
23/03529/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-02-05
20/02908/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Withdrawn
2024-06-21
23/03529/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-02-05
20/02908/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Withdrawn
2024-06-21
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Resi
2. MSB Design
3. City Planning
4. CANOPY PLANNING SERVICES LTD
At a glance
OfficerLuke Farmer
BoroughLambeth
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications66 (2020–26)
Approval rate90%
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, 2020–26. · 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.