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Case officer · Newham Planning

Louis Moore.

Active — last recorded decision Jan 2026

A case officer at Newham with an approval rate of 81% across 28 decided planning applications, spanning 15 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer28 decisions81% approvalSave
Newham · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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28
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%50%2021100%20220%2023100%2024100%2025100%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate81% · 20th 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 reports21 officer reports parsed
86%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
43%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
24%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
65%
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.

Flooding & drainage
2.91× borough avg
Daylight & sunlight
1.39× borough avg
Bulk & massing
1.38× borough avg
Noise & disturbance
1.37× borough avg
Energy & sustainability
1.37× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Moore's reports give explicit weight to a previous appeal Inspector's own reasoning when reassessing a resubmitted scheme, quoting the Inspector's specific findings on which aspects were and were not acceptable, and his CLP refusals identify a precise plan-versus-reality discrepancy (e.g. an outrigger's true width) as the basis for withholding a certificate.

Observable habits

· quotes a Planning Inspectorate appeal decision's own specific findings (which policies were/weren't met) when reassessing a resubmitted scheme

· identifies a precise measurable discrepancy between the submitted plans and the true dimensions of the existing building as the basis for a CLP refusal

· separates the acceptability of housing principle from a scheme's continuing failure on a single named issue (e.g. bin storage clarity)

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: an appeal Inspector's own specific findings on which policies were and weren't met, quoted directly

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: a precise measurable discrepancy between submitted plans and the building's true dimensions

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether a single outstanding technical issue (e.g. bin storage) is the sole reason a scheme remains unacceptable

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In their own words

I conclude that the proposal would accord with LP6.9 relating to the promotion of cycling in London, with NLP policy INF2 which requires the inclusion of measures to facilitate cycling and with its SP8 which encourages sustainable transport

20/02851/FUL

It would appear in reality the outrigger interjects the main roof higher than what is depicted in the submitted drawings. Furthermore, the outrigger appears to be wider (approximately 0.3 metres) in reality

20/02225/CLP

Measured from 21 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 21 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

D1
5 times cited
D3
5 times cited
D4
5 times cited
S6Urban Newham
5 times cited
SP1Borough
5 times cited
SP2Healthy Neighbourhoods
5 times cited
SP3and J1). These are indicated in relevant spatial policies and more extensively but not
5 times cited
SP8Neighbourly development and living conditions
5 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
24/00258/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-04-10
22/02413/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-02-10
24/00258/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-04-10
22/02413/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-02-10
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Freeman Ankerman Partnership Ltd
2. Agenda 21 Architects Studio Ltd
3. de-vize architecture ltd
4. CITYSCAPE PA
At a glance
OfficerLouis Moore
BoroughNewham
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications28 (2020–26)
Approval rate81%
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 Newham 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 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 21 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.