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Case officer · Lambeth Planning

Swachta Shankar.

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

A case officer at Lambeth with an approval rate of 92% across 100 decided planning applications, spanning 11 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer100 decisions92% approvalSave
Lambeth · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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100
Applications
2022–23
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%90%202292%2023
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate92% · 11th 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 Swachta Shankar decided — 90 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

Q11Building alterations and extensionsLambeth plan
80 times cited
Q5Local distinctivenessLambeth plan
77 times cited
Q8Design quality: construction detailingLambeth plan
77 times cited
Q2AmenityLambeth plan
28 times cited
Q22Conservation areasLambeth plan
12 times cited
Q20Statutory listed buildingsLambeth plan
3 times cited
Q10TreesLambeth plan
3 times cited
Q9LandscapingLambeth plan
3 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2022–23.[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
23/00078/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-09-18
23/01031/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-09-01
23/00078/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-09-18
23/01031/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-09-01
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Baily Garner LLP
2. Design Team
3. Resi
4. Composition Design Ltd
At a glance
OfficerSwachta Shankar
BoroughLambeth
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications100 (2022–23)
Approval rate92%
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, 2022–23. · 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.