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Case officer · Southwark Planning

Emily Williams.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Southwark with an approval rate of 63% across 65 decided planning applications, spanning 19 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer65 decisions63% approvalSave
Southwark · 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
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65
Applications
2021–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%50%202342%202484%202575%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate63% · 76th of 79
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 reports52 officer reports parsed
10%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
5%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
29%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
72%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Southwark's average officer

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

Transport & parking
2.13× borough avg
Flooding & drainage
1.36× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
1.35× borough avg
Energy & sustainability
1.09× borough avg
Precedent & consistency
1× borough avg

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

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In their own words

“the applicant has not confirmed their position or agreed on the proposed financial contribution as outlined within the report issued by Strettons. Due to this, it is recommended that the application is refused as it has not been reasonably demonstrated that the application meets the requirements of Policy P1”

23/AP/0857

“the 35% policy compliant amount would be equal to �350,000 (10*35%*�100,000 per habitable room)”

23/AP/1082

Measured from 52 published Southwark 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 52 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

P14Design quality
34 times cited
P56Protection of amenity
34 times cited
P13Design of places
33 times cited
P70Energy
32 times cited
P65Improving air
31 times cited
P15Residential
26 times cited
P53Cycling
26 times cited
P54Car Parking
19 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
7
25%
7
83%
6
60%
6
67%
5
20%
5
80%
5
100%
4
100%
3
0%
3
33%
3
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
–
1
–
1
100%
1
–
1
0%
1
–
7
25%
7
83%
6
60%
Show all 19 rows
6
67%
5
20%
5
80%
5
100%
4
100%
3
0%
3
33%
3
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
–
1
–
1
100%
1
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1
0%
1
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Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2021–26.[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/AP/3673
Minor application
Approved
2026-05-12
25/AP/0400
Major application
Refused
2026-04-22
24/AP/3673
Minor application
Approved
2026-05-12
25/AP/0400
Major application
Refused
2026-04-22
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Baily Garner
2. Intouch Planning Ltd
3. Savills
4. Lee Evans Partnership LLP
At a glance
OfficerEmily Williams
BoroughSouthwark
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications65 (2021–26)
Approval rate63%
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 Southwark planning register and published decision notices, 2021–26. · 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 Southwark 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 52 published Southwark 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.