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Case officer · Tower Hamlets Planning

Adam Garcia.

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

A case officer at Tower Hamlets with an approval rate of 79% across 38 decided planning applications, spanning 9 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer38 decisions79% approvalSave
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
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38
Applications
2020–21
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%81%202071%2021
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate79% · 45th of 76
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 Adam Garcia'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 Adam Garcia decided — 30 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

D.TR3Parking and permit-free development requirementsTower Hamlets plan
7 times cited
D.TR2Major development transport assessment or statement requiredTower Hamlets plan
5 times cited
S.DH3Heritage and the historic environmentTower Hamlets plan
4 times cited
D.DH2Attractive streets, spaces and public realmTower Hamlets plan
4 times cited
6.9Superseded
4 times cited
D.TR4Sustainable delivery and servicingTower Hamlets plan
3 times cited
D.ES9Noise and vibrationTower Hamlets plan
3 times cited
7.6Superseded
3 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
PA/20/01636/NC
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2021-03-26
PA/21/00211/NC
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2021-03-26
PA/20/01636/NC
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2021-03-26
PA/21/00211/NC
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2021-03-26
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. RPS
2. Local Planning Services
3. Rolfe Judd Planning
4. Mackenzie Wheeler Architects & Designers
At a glance
OfficerAdam Garcia
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications38 (2020–21)
Approval rate79%
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 Tower Hamlets 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 Tower Hamlets 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.