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Case officer · Waltham Forest Planning

Lauren Kimpton.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Waltham Forest with an approval rate of 69% across 358 decided planning applications, spanning 24 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer358 decisions69% approvalSave
Waltham Forest · 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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358
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%67%202076%202174%202238%2023100%202435%202562%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate69% · 35th of 49
higher is betterdashed = London avg
Decision time— · publishes with decision notices
in development
Appeal overturn— · publishes with decision notices
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How this officer decides — from their own reports

Not filled in yet — this needs at least 20 of Lauren Kimpton'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 Lauren Kimpton decided — 61 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

CS15Waltham Forest plan
41 times cited
DM29Waltham Forest plan
39 times cited
DM4Waltham Forest plan
22 times cited
DM32Waltham Forest plan
16 times cited
53Delivering High Quality DesignWaltham Forest plan
14 times cited
57AmenityWaltham Forest plan
11 times cited
CS13Waltham Forest plan
10 times cited
CS2Waltham Forest plan
7 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
36
75%
35
58%
35
47%
35
53%
32
63%
31
63%
26
78%
22
85%
21
74%
10
50%
9
78%
8
75%
8
88%
8
75%
8
88%
6
83%
6
100%
6
83%
5
100%
3
100%
3
100%
2
50%
1
100%
1
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36
75%
35
58%
35
47%
Show all 24 rows
35
53%
32
63%
31
63%
26
78%
22
85%
21
74%
10
50%
9
78%
8
75%
8
88%
8
75%
8
88%
6
83%
6
100%
6
83%
5
100%
3
100%
3
100%
2
50%
1
100%
1
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Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–26.[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
260211
Full Planning
Approved
2026-05-22
260327
Full Planning
Refused
2026-05-07
260211
Full Planning
Approved
2026-05-22
260327
Full Planning
Refused
2026-05-07
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Saving Energy Ltd
2. Resi
3. allPlanning
4. ZAAVIA DESIGN LTD
At a glance
OfficerLauren Kimpton
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications358 (2020–26)
Approval rate69%
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 Waltham Forest planning register and published decision notices, 2020–26. · 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 Waltham Forest 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.