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Case officer · Barnet Planning

Eddie Millar.

Last recorded decision Mar 2024 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Barnet with an approval rate of 87% across 111 decided planning applications, spanning 23 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer111 decisions87% approvalSave
Barnet · 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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111
Applications
2023–24
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%89%202382%2024
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate87% · 23rd of 85
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 reports24 officer reports parsed
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Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
—
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
0%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
43%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Barnet's average officer

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

Materials & detailing
3.08× borough avg
Character & heritage
2.07× borough avg
Trees & landscape
1.83× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
0.63× borough avg
Transport & parking
0.24× borough avg

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

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In their own words

“The site sits adjacent to Metropolitan Open Land but this has no impact on the permitted development”

23/1932/192

“The proposed scheme would result in no increase to the external size of the conservatory”

23/1943/FUL

Measured from 24 published Barnet 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 24 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

CS NPPF
16 times cited
CS1 arnet’s place shaping strategy – protection,
16 times cited
CS5 rotecting and enhancing Barnet’s character
15 times cited
DM01Protecting Barnet’s character and amenity Page
3 times cited
DM02Development standards Page
1 times cited
DM06Barnet’s heritage and conservation Page
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
12
100%
10
80%
9
89%
9
89%
7
100%
6
83%
6
80%
5
80%
5
80%
5
75%
4
75%
4
100%
4
100%
4
100%
3
100%
3
67%
3
50%
3
100%
2
0%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
1
100%
12
100%
10
80%
9
89%
Show all 23 rows
9
89%
7
100%
6
83%
6
80%
5
80%
5
80%
5
75%
4
75%
4
100%
4
100%
4
100%
3
100%
3
67%
3
50%
3
100%
2
0%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
1
100%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2023–24.[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
23/5513/HSE
Householder Application
Approved
2024-05-15
24/0963/HSE
Householder Application
Approved
2024-05-08
23/5513/HSE
Householder Application
Approved
2024-05-15
24/0963/HSE
Householder Application
Approved
2024-05-08
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. John Rowan & Partners
2. GP Architects
3. UPP Architects + Town Planners
4. Dimensions- Planning&Architecture
At a glance
OfficerEddie Millar
BoroughBarnet
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications111 (2023–24)
Approval rate87%
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 Barnet planning register and published decision notices, 2023–24. · 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 Barnet 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 24 published Barnet 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.