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Case officer · Barnet Planning

Lizzy Ruta.

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

A case officer at Barnet with an approval rate of 83% across 170 decided planning applications, spanning 23 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer170 decisions83% 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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170
Applications
2022–24
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%94%202281%202383%2024
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate83% · 38th 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 reports56 officer reports parsed
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Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
—
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
9%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
49%
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.

Precedent & consistency
2.05× borough avg
Materials & detailing
1.33× borough avg
Character & heritage
1.25× borough avg
Bulk & massing
1.18× borough avg
Daylight & sunlight
1.14× borough avg

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

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In their own words

“the proposed works would unbalance the semi-detached pair of 220 & 218 Ballards Lane. As well, pairs 218 & 220 and 222 & 224 have very similar architectural forms despite minor variations in appearance”

23/0020/FUL

“the dormers would comply with the width provision but not the depth”

23/0020/FUL

Measured from 56 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 56 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

CS NPPF
46 times cited
CS1 arnet’s place shaping strategy – protection,
46 times cited
CS5 rotecting and enhancing Barnet’s character
44 times cited
DM01Protecting Barnet’s character and amenity Page
24 times cited
DM02Development standards Page
19 times cited
CS05
1 times cited
DM04Environmental Considerations for
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
14
100%
13
90%
12
83%
11
100%
10
88%
10
89%
9
75%
9
67%
9
78%
9
78%
7
86%
7
86%
7
100%
6
67%
6
80%
5
100%
5
80%
5
40%
5
60%
4
100%
4
0%
2
100%
1
100%
14
100%
13
90%
12
83%
Show all 23 rows
11
100%
10
88%
10
89%
9
75%
9
67%
9
78%
9
78%
7
86%
7
86%
7
100%
6
67%
6
80%
5
100%
5
80%
5
40%
5
60%
4
100%
4
0%
2
100%
1
100%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2022–24.[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
23/5013/HSE
Householder Application
No determination
2026-06-09
24/2673/HSE
Householder Application
Approved
2024-09-02
23/5013/HSE
Householder Application
No determination
2026-06-09
24/2673/HSE
Householder Application
Approved
2024-09-02
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. The Art of Building Ltd
2. EA Town Planning Ltd
3. Adara
4. ELA Design
At a glance
OfficerLizzy Ruta
BoroughBarnet
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications170 (2022–24)
Approval rate83%
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, 2022–24. · 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 56 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.