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AtlasRedbridgeOfficersCatherine Zhandire
Case officer · Redbridge Planning

Catherine Zhandire.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Redbridge with an approval rate of 91% across 116 decided planning applications, spanning 19 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer116 decisions91% approvalSave
Redbridge · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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116
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%100%2020100%2021100%202292%202390%202490%202586%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate91% · 2nd of 32
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 reports96 officer reports parsed
2%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
25%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
3%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
56%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Redbridge's average officer

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

Energy & sustainability
3.07× borough avg
Character & heritage
1.88× borough avg
Noise & disturbance
1.6× borough avg
Privacy & overlooking
1.33× borough avg
Materials & detailing
1.33× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Zhandire quotes a site's own previous refusal reason verbatim before explaining exactly which physical change in the resubmission is intended to overcome it, and references named local design guide provisions (Aldersbrook window design, conservation area schedules) alongside a run of GPDO roof-alteration certificates that name specific comparator dormers nearby.

Observable habits

· quotes a site's own previous refusal reason verbatim before explaining how a specific physical change in the resubmission overcomes it

· names specific neighbouring dormer examples by address to support a finding that a non-compliant set-in is consistent with the prevailing pattern of development

· sets out a unit-by-unit GIA-required-vs-provided table for new flats including aspect and bedroom dimensions

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the exact wording of a site's own previous refusal reason, addressed point by point in a resubmission

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: named neighbouring dormer examples cited by address to support a 'prevailing pattern' finding

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: a full GIA-required-vs-provided table per unit including bedroom size and aspect

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In their own words

there are 12 flat roof rear dormers along the side of the application site that do not have the prescribed set ins from the edges of the roof boundary (namely 19-25, 31; 37, 39, 41 and 45)

0349/25

The proposal was refused for the following reason: 1. The proposal because of the loss of the garage door, would result in the loss of symmetry of the buildings in Rosebury Square, as compared to the rest of this square of terrace of houses that were developed within the grounds of the listed hospital as a unified feature…The current scheme seeks to overcome this reason for refusal by retaining the garage door to the front elevation

3270/23

Measured from 96 published Redbridge 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 96 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

LP26and LP27). This will enable a large
40 times cited
D12
37 times cited
D3
36 times cited
LP30Household Extensions
36 times cited
G6
34 times cited
LP39Nature Conservation and Biodiversity
32 times cited
LP38Protecting Trees and Enhancing the Landscape
7 times cited
G7
6 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
0974/26
Householder
Approved
2026-06-01
1395/26
Householder
2026-05-26
0974/26
Householder
Approved
2026-06-01
1395/26
Householder
2026-05-26
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. C/O Peter Pendleton & Associates Ltd
2. Ken Judge & Associates Ltd
3. Studio Charrette
At a glance
OfficerCatherine Zhandire
BoroughRedbridge
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications116 (2020–26)
Approval rate91%
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 Redbridge 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 Redbridge 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 96 published Redbridge 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.