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Case officer · Redbridge Planning

X Ben Thompson.

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

A case officer at Redbridge with an approval rate of 62% across 158 decided planning applications, spanning 22 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer158 decisions62% approvalSave
Redbridge · 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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158
Applications
2022–23
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average

Not enough dated decisions for a trend yet.

What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate62% · 31st 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 reports

Not filled in yet — this needs at least 20 of X Ben Thompson'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 cited most on decision notices for applications X Ben Thompson decided — 3 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

LP26and LP27). This will enable a largeRedbridge plan
3 times cited
D12London Plan
3 times cited
LP38Protecting Trees and Enhancing the LandscapeRedbridge plan
1 times cited
NPPFNPPF
1 times cited
LP24Pollution). Encouraging a modalRedbridge plan
1 times cited
LP28Advertising and Shop FrontsRedbridge plan
1 times cited
LP21Water and FloodingRedbridge plan
1 times cited
LP32Sustainable Design and ConstructionRedbridge plan
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
17
76%
14
54%
12
50%
11
64%
11
64%
9
56%
9
56%
8
100%
8
75%
7
14%
7
57%
7
57%
6
83%
5
50%
5
60%
5
60%
4
75%
3
33%
3
33%
3
100%
2
50%
1
0%
17
76%
14
54%
12
50%
Show all 22 rows
11
64%
11
64%
9
56%
9
56%
8
100%
8
75%
7
14%
7
57%
7
57%
6
83%
5
50%
5
60%
5
60%
4
75%
3
33%
3
33%
3
100%
2
50%
1
0%

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
2149/23
Full Planning Permission
Refused
2023-09-28
2486/23
Householder (fasttrack)
Approved
2023-09-22
2149/23
Full Planning Permission
Refused
2023-09-28
2486/23
Householder (fasttrack)
Approved
2023-09-22
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Civils Consulting Ltd
2. Project Coordinator
3. Just Plans Ltd
4. T.M.D.S.Limited
At a glance
OfficerX Ben Thompson
BoroughRedbridge
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications158 (2022–23)
Approval rate62%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
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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 Redbridge 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 Redbridge 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.