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Case officer · Westminster Planning

Phoebe Graham.

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

A case officer at Westminster with an approval rate of 92% across 41 decided planning applications, spanning 5 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer41 decisions92% approvalSave
Westminster · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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41
Applications
2020–22
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%97%202167%2022
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate92% · 28th 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 reports38 officer reports parsed
0%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
0%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
0%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
68%
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.

Character & heritage
2.1× borough avg
Materials & detailing
1.72× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Graham's Covent Garden/Chinatown shopfront casework consistently narrates a negotiation sequence — an originally-proposed detail (a plain door, sash windows without glazing bars) rejected as inconsistent with the building's proportions, then revised with a specific added detail (a panelled stallriser match, added glazing bars) that resolves the concern. She distinguishes a community association's general area-character objection from the applicant's actual stated intent (natural ventilation, not a takeaway service hatch) and tests each specific concern against the facts before dismissing it.

Observable habits

· narrates a specific negotiation sequence — an originally-proposed detail rejected as inconsistent with the building's proportions, revised with a specific added feature (glazing bars, a matching panel) that resolves the objection

· tests each specific consultee objection against the actual facts of the proposal (checking whether the applicant genuinely intends a takeaway service hatch before dismissing a noise objection premised on that)

· distinguishes concealed/discreet installation (LED lighting hidden behind existing mouldings) as the specific factor making an otherwise-visible intervention acceptable in a listed interior

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the specific negotiated design detail (glazing bars, panel match) that resolves an initial concern about a shopfront's relationship to the building's proportions

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether a consultee's objection is based on the applicant's actual stated intent or an assumed use not actually proposed

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether an intervention (lighting, fixtures) is concealed/discreet, as the operative factor making it acceptable in a listed interior

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In their own words

As a result of negotiations with officers, the proposed door now includes a solid panel which is in line with the existing stallriser

21/00504/FULL

The applicant has not stated that they propose to sell through these windows as the business is a sit-in restaurant and not a takeaway

21/02861/FULL

Measured from 38 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 cited most on decision notices for applications Phoebe Graham decided — 35 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

39Neighbourhood plan
24 times cited
38Basement developmentWestminster plan
15 times cited
7Greenfield Run off RatesWestminster plan
12 times cited
33Townscape & architectureWestminster plan
12 times cited
40Neighbourhood plan
11 times cited
34Building heightWestminster plan
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate

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
22/00570/LBC
Listed Building Consent Application
Refused
2022-03-10
22/00569/FULL
Full Planning Permission Application
Refused
2022-03-10
22/00570/LBC
Listed Building Consent Application
Refused
2022-03-10
22/00569/FULL
Full Planning Permission Application
Refused
2022-03-10
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Gerald Eve LLP
2. Gundry and Ducker Architecture
3. Openeight Ltd
4. Stedman Property Consultants ltd
At a glance
OfficerPhoebe Graham
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications41 (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 38 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.