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Case officer · Tower Hamlets Planning

Eleanor Downton.

Recently active — last recorded decision Nov 2024

A case officer at Tower Hamlets with an approval rate of 77% across 186 decided planning applications, spanning 22 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer186 decisions77% 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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186
Applications
2020–24
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%82%202077%202172%202276%202382%2024
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate77% · 47th 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 Eleanor Downton'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 Eleanor Downton decided — 98 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

S.DH3Heritage and the historic environmentTower Hamlets plan
29 times cited
D.DH2Attractive streets, spaces and public realmTower Hamlets plan
13 times cited
HC1London Plan
10 times cited
D4London Plan
8 times cited
7.6Superseded
6 times cited
D.DH8AmenityTower Hamlets plan
6 times cited
NPPFNPPF
5 times cited
D.ES9Noise and vibrationTower Hamlets plan
4 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
33
97%
23
59%
17
82%
17
94%
14
93%
12
83%
12
67%
8
63%
7
71%
7
43%
6
50%
6
67%
6
83%
3
100%
3
100%
3
33%
3
0%
2
50%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%
33
97%
23
59%
17
82%
Show all 22 rows
17
94%
14
93%
12
83%
12
67%
8
63%
7
71%
7
43%
6
50%
6
67%
6
83%
3
100%
3
100%
3
33%
3
0%
2
50%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–24.[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/24/01343/NC
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2024-10-01
PA/24/01344/NC
Listed Building Consent (S8 P&LBC 1990)
Approved
2024-10-01
PA/24/01343/NC
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2024-10-01
PA/24/01344/NC
Listed Building Consent (S8 P&LBC 1990)
Approved
2024-10-01
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. AHP Architects & Surveyors
2. Royffe Flynn
3. CMA Planning
4. Frankham Consultancy Group
At a glance
OfficerEleanor Downton
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications186 (2020–24)
Approval rate77%
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 Tower Hamlets planning register and published decision notices, 2020–24. · 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.