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AtlasNewhamOfficersFeddy Leung
Case officer · Newham Planning

Feddy Leung.

Active — last recorded decision Nov 2025

A case officer at Newham with an approval rate of 69% across 82 decided planning applications, spanning 22 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer82 decisions69% approvalSave
Newham · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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82
Applications
2023–25
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%53%202472%2025100%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate69% · 29th of 39
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 reports36 officer reports parsed
21%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
37%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
11%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
60%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Newham's average officer

Topic mentions per 1,000 words of their own report text (boilerplate stripped), indexed against all parsed Newham reports. Attention, not stance.

Transport & parking
1.38× borough avg
Flooding & drainage
1.16× borough avg
Daylight & sunlight
1.02× borough avg
Noise & disturbance
0.88× borough avg
Character & heritage
0.74× borough avg

Mark = borough average (1×). Bar capped at 2×.

How they reason — coded from their reports

Leung breaks roof-form changes into separately labelled sub-elements (single-storey extension, mansard, rear dormer) and his housing-loss refusals apply Policy H4's replacement-floorspace test strictly, distinguishing a use that would be 'lived within' from conventional residential use for the purposes of that policy.

Observable habits

· labels each roof-form component (mansard, rear dormer, single-storey extension) as its own sub-heading before a combined character conclusion

· applies Policy H4's equivalent-floorspace replacement test strictly, rejecting a functionally-residential-but-different-use-class scheme as still a loss of housing

· separates 'supported in relation to quality of accommodation' from 'unacceptable in principle' as two distinct, independently stated findings

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: each roof-form element (mansard, dormer, single-storey) labelled and assessed as its own component

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether Policy H4's equivalent-floorspace replacement test is met, even for a use that is 'lived within'

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: quality-of-accommodation findings kept explicitly distinct from the principle-of-development conclusion

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In their own words

Whilst it is understood that the proposed use (C2) would be lived within by occupiers, it is considered as not conventional residential (hence being categorised into a different use class). Therefore, the proposed development would result in the loss of residential

24/01022/FUL

the proposal is supported in relation to quality of accommodation, however, this does not overcome the overall unacceptability of the proposal in principle

24/01022/FUL

Measured from 36 published Newham officer reports written by this officer, with recited policy boilerplate stripped before any counting. These describe how this officer works and writes — they are not outcome predictions. Every quote is from a named public report.

Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies this officer cites most in their own reports — times cited across 36 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

H1Stepped housing target for strategic sites delivery
14 times cited
SP1Borough
11 times cited
SP3and J1). These are indicated in relevant spatial policies and more extensively but not
11 times cited
SP8Neighbourly development and living conditions
11 times cited
D3
11 times cited
T5
9 times cited
S1Spatial Strategy
9 times cited
T6
8 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2023–25.[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
24/00592/LBC
Listed Building Consent
Approved
2026-05-15
24/01217/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-05-07
24/00592/LBC
Listed Building Consent
Approved
2026-05-15
24/01217/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-05-07
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Archway Building Consultancy Ltd
2. Dalcour Maclaren
3. Mialex
4. RAHUL TAHEEM LTD
At a glance
OfficerFeddy Leung
BoroughNewham
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications82 (2023–25)
Approval rate69%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
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Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Newham planning register and published decision notices, 2023–25. · 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 Newham decision notices (grant/split), parsed from the published notice text; a borough figure, not yet split per case officer.
  4. [4]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 36 published Newham officer reports written by this officer, recited policy boilerplate stripped before counting; disposition text coded from their own reasoning with every quote machine-verified verbatim. Descriptive of how they work — not outcome predictions.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.