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Case officer · Lewisham Planning

Liam O'Connor.

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

A case officer at Lewisham with an approval rate of 86% across 230 decided planning applications, spanning 14 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer230 decisions86% 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
At a glanceEach metric links to the investigation behind it
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230
Applications
2022–23
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%75%202286%2023
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate86% · 17th 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

Not filled in yet — this needs at least 20 of Liam O'Connor'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 this officer cites most across their decisions — how often each appears, and whether refusals citing it survive appeal.

In development — policy citations are coded from officer reports, and that parsing hasn't run for Lewisham yet. Nothing is shown until it is real.

Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
51
94%
47
96%
36
71%
24
88%
22
90%
17
75%
7
57%
7
86%
4
100%
4
50%
4
100%
3
100%
2
50%
1
100%
51
94%
47
96%
36
71%
Show all 14 rows
24
88%
22
90%
17
75%
7
57%
7
86%
4
100%
4
50%
4
100%
3
100%
2
50%
1
100%

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
DC/23/133170
Householder Application
Approved
2023-11-16
DC/23/133162
Householder Application
Approved
2023-11-16
DC/23/133170
Householder Application
Approved
2023-11-16
DC/23/133162
Householder Application
Approved
2023-11-16
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Mulalley
2. Martin Arnold Ltd
3. Thomas & Thomas Building Surveyors
4. M.A. Newsome & Co Ltd
At a glance
OfficerLiam O'Connor
BoroughLewisham
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications230 (2022–23)
Approval rate86%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
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How often members depart from officer recommendations, and how those overrides fare at appeal.
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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, 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 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.