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AtlasLewishamOfficersAntonio Monteiro Sousa Melo
Case officer · Lewisham Planning

Antonio Monteiro Sousa Melo.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Lewisham with an approval rate of 93% across 115 decided planning applications, spanning 11 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer115 decisions93% approvalSave
Lewisham · 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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115
Applications
2024–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%100%202491%202598%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate93% · 8th of 52
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 Antonio Monteiro Sousa Melo decided — 37 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

QD7(Amenity and agent of change).Lewisham plan
11 times cited
QD1Delivering high-quality design in LewishamLewisham plan
5 times cited
GR5Urban greening and treesLewisham plan
2 times cited
NPPFNPPF
2 times cited
131NPPF
1 times cited
135NPPF
1 times cited
QD9Building alterations, extensions and basement developmentLewisham plan
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2024–26.[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
DC/25/142315
Householder Application
Approved
2026-06-01
DC/25/141079
Householder Application
Approved
2026-05-22
DC/25/142315
Householder Application
Approved
2026-06-01
DC/25/141079
Householder Application
Approved
2026-05-22
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Mitie
2. Resi Design Ltd
3. SELCOM BUILDING SERVICES LTD
4. Design Squared Ltd
At a glance
OfficerAntonio Monteiro Sousa Melo
BoroughLewisham
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications115 (2024–26)
Approval rate93%
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 Lewisham planning register and published decision notices, 2024–26. · 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 Lewisham 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.