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Case officer · Westminster Planning

Adam Dyer.

Last recorded decision Aug 2022 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Westminster with an approval rate of 92% across 53 decided planning applications, spanning 13 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer53 decisions92% approvalSave
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Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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53
Applications
2020–22
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average

Not enough dated decisions for a trend yet.

What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate92% · 34th 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 reports46 officer reports parsed
7%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
2%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
2%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
82%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Westminster's average officer

Topic mentions per 1,000 words of their own report text (boilerplate stripped), indexed against all parsed Westminster reports. Attention, not stance.

Materials & detailing
2.03× borough avg
Character & heritage
1.53× borough avg
Trees & landscape
1.02× borough avg

Mark = borough average (1×). Bar capped at 2×.

How they reason — coded from their reports

Dyer accepts double glazing on listed buildings specifically where the affected element is BOTH a later addition and located at a high level away from view, treating those two factors together as the exception to the general no-double-glazing rule. He refuses a structural facade-rebuild application for insufficient information, precisely itemising what is missing (cause of cracking not established, no demolition plan, no support-during-works methodology) rather than a general 'more information needed' comment.

Observable habits

· accepts double glazing on a listed building specifically where the element is BOTH a later (non-original) addition AND located at a high level away from public view, treating the combination as the operative exception

· refuses for insufficient information by itemising precisely what is missing (unestablished cause of structural cracking, no demolition plan, no methodology for support during works) rather than a general comment

· credits an opening's altered brickwork tone/joint quality as physical evidence it has already been historically altered, ruling out further harm from a proposed widening

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether a fabric element is BOTH a later addition AND at a high level/low visibility before accepting double glazing

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: precisely what specific information is missing (cause of cracking, demolition plan, works methodology) before refusing on information grounds

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: physical evidence (brickwork tone, joint quality) that an opening has already been historically altered before accepting further change

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In their own words

The proposal is for the use of 12mm double glazing and although this is not always acceptable on listed buildings, in this case, as it is a later addition and located at such a high level the proposals are considered to be acceptable

21/07176/FULL

the application contains insufficient information regarding the cause of the cracks or effectively demonstrated that the cracks are continuing to grow

21/08430/LBC

Measured from 46 published Westminster officer reports written by this officer, with recited policy boilerplate stripped before any counting. These describe how this officer works and writes — they are not outcome predictions. Every quote is from a named public report.

Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies this officer cites most in their own reports — times cited across 46 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

HB 1
1 times cited
HB 2
1 times cited
SI 6
1 times cited
HC 1
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–22.[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
22/05202/FULL
Full Planning Permission Application
Approved
2022-10-28
22/04370/LBC
Listed Building Consent Application
Approved
2022-09-30
22/05202/FULL
Full Planning Permission Application
Approved
2022-10-28
22/04370/LBC
Listed Building Consent Application
Approved
2022-09-30
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. GD Surveyors Ltd
2. Joe Mills Architects
3. VATRAA Architecture
4. RAM Building Consultancy Ltd
At a glance
OfficerAdam Dyer
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications53 (2020–22)
Approval rate92%
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 Westminster planning register and published decision notices, 2020–22. · 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 Westminster decision notices (grant/split), parsed from the published notice text; a borough figure, not yet split per case officer.
  4. [4]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 46 published Westminster officer reports written by this officer, recited policy boilerplate stripped before counting; disposition text coded from their own reasoning with every quote machine-verified verbatim. Descriptive of how they work — not outcome predictions.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.