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Tower Hamlets officers.

How Tower Hamlets's planning officers actually decide. The 77 officers here settle most applications under delegation rather than at committee. Who they are, what they approve, and where they decide — click a name for their full record.

77 officers99% delegated
Tower Hamlets · 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 glance · tap a metric for the investigation behind it
25
Active officers
of 77 on the record
99%
Decided delegated
vs 1% to committee
This borough’s committee
81%
Avg approval
borough-wide
Refusal Hotspots
Avg decision
not yet computed
Approval Clock
24%
Appeal overturn
London avg 26%
This borough’s appeals
How Tower Hamlets's decisions split — by application type
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12,110
All development · decisions
87%
approval rate
Approval over time · all development
80%90%100%’20’21’22’23’24’25’26
12,110decisions

Development decisions only — trees, advertisements and licences are excluded (see Applications that aren't development). Pick a type to reshade the map and recount.

The officer roster — Tower Hamlets

Every officer deciding applications in the borough, 2020–26, ranked by volume. Click a name for their full record — where they decide, their approval rate and the consultants they work with.

Officer
Last active
Applications
Approval
Avg wks
Delegated
Recent
627
99%
18.9
100%
Rosie Clements · Planning officer
Active
241
83%
8.0
100%
Oliver.Cassidy-Butler · Planning officer
Active
231
80%
8.0
97%
Recent
99%
More
627
18.9
100%
Rosie Clements · Planning officer
Active
83%
More
241
8.0
100%
Oliver.Cassidy-Butler · Planning officer
Active
80%
More
231
8.0
97%
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Approval rate from Tower Hamlets's published decision notices. Avg wks = median weeks from valid application to decision (20+ dated cases); Delegated = share decided under delegation (20+ levelled decisions). A dash means the register publishes too few dates or levels for that officer. Methodology →

Officers who move between boroughs

A decision-maker's habits travel with them. Officers move between authorities — once the cross-borough identity layer lands, you'll be able to follow the same officer across London and see whether their approval patterns hold. Compare against all London officers →