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Case officer · Redbridge Planning

Terrence Leung.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Redbridge with an approval rate of 73% across 524 decided planning applications, spanning 22 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer524 decisions73% approvalSave
Redbridge · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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524
Applications
2024–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%85%202474%202564%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate73% · 18th 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 reports520 officer reports parsed
11%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
2%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
35%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
63%
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.

Daylight & sunlight
1.69× borough avg
Energy & sustainability
1.38× borough avg
Materials & detailing
0.95× borough avg
Precedent & consistency
0.93× borough avg
Character & heritage
0.83× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Leung's is the largest corpus reviewed here and his reports work through each dimension (width, depth, eaves height, ridge height) against the specific numbered Housing Design SPD section it engages, flagging exactly which section is met and which is exceeded before an on-balance conclusion. He is explicit when submitted plans are internally inconsistent, declining to determine which drawing should be relied upon.

Observable habits

· checks each dimension against the specific numbered Housing Design SPD section (e.g. 3.2.2, 3.2.4, 3.2.5, 3.2.6) individually rather than a general compliance statement

· flags when submitted plans are internally inconsistent and states the Council cannot determine which drawing is the final intended design

· draws the 45-degree line from the corner of a proposed extension to the centre of the nearest habitable window as the specific operative test for amenity impact

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: each dimension checked against its own specific numbered SPD section rather than a blended design conclusion

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether submitted plans are internally consistent with each other before a design assessment is reached

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the 45-degree line drawn precisely to the centre of the nearest habitable room window, not just a general proximity assessment

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In their own words

Owing to the inconsistent plans, nevertheless, the Council is unable to determine which drawing(s) is/are the final intended design on which the decision should be based

3281/24

As the 45-degree line drawn from the corner of the proposed part first-floor extension does not touch the centre of the nearest habitable room window at No. 26, it is considered that no unacceptable adverse impact on neighbouring amenity in terms of outlook, daylight/sunlight or overbearing nature will be caused

2785/24

Measured from 520 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 520 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

LP26and LP27). This will enable a large
350 times cited
D3
345 times cited
D12
323 times cited
LP30Household Extensions
253 times cited
LP33Heritage
77 times cited
LP38Protecting Trees and Enhancing the Landscape
71 times cited
LP23Cycle and Car Parking Standards
71 times cited
T6.1
69 times cited
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Decisions by ward

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
1156/26
Householder (fasttrack)
Refused
2026-06-04
0673/26
Full Planning Permission
Refused
2026-06-02
1156/26
Householder (fasttrack)
Refused
2026-06-04
0673/26
Full Planning Permission
Refused
2026-06-02
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Consulting Ltd
2. SMART SKILLS LTD
3. Ken Judge & Associates Ltd
4. Civils Consulting Ltd
At a glance
OfficerTerrence Leung
BoroughRedbridge
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications524 (2024–26)
Approval rate73%
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, 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 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 520 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.