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Case officer · Sutton Planning

Luke Simpson.

Last recorded decision Feb 2021 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Sutton with an approval rate of 62% across 54 decided planning applications, spanning 14 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer54 decisions62% approvalSave
Sutton · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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54
Applications
2020–21
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%61%202067%2021
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate62% · 15th of 18
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

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Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications Luke Simpson decided — 30 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

29Protecting AmenitySutton plan
23 times cited
28Character and DesignSutton plan
21 times cited
37ParkingSutton plan
14 times cited
36Transport ImpactSutton plan
11 times cited
31Carbon and EnergySutton plan
10 times cited
32Flood Risk and Sustainable DrainageSutton plan
9 times cited
9Housing Sizes and StandardsSutton plan
6 times cited
7.4Superseded
5 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–21.[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
DM2020/00917
Full Application
Approved
2021-05-21
DM2021/00323
Full Application
Approved
2021-04-15
DM2020/00917
Full Application
Approved
2021-05-21
DM2021/00323
Full Application
Approved
2021-04-15
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. PRC Architecture & Planning Ltd
2. KJC Architects
3. Hollins Planning
4. Cowan Architects Ltd
At a glance
OfficerLuke Simpson
BoroughSutton
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications54 (2020–21)
Approval rate62%
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 Sutton planning register and published decision notices, 2020–21. · 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 Sutton 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.