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Case officer · Barnet Planning

Zaneb Hussain.

Last recorded decision Jun 2023 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Barnet with an approval rate of 88% across 77 decided planning applications, spanning 19 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer77 decisions88% 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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77
Applications
2022–23
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%76%202293%2023
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate88% · 18th 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 reports72 officer reports parsed
0%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
0%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
3%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
44%
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.

Flooding & drainage
1.18× borough avg
Privacy & overlooking
1.06× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
0.98× borough avg
Materials & detailing
0.92× borough avg
Noise & disturbance
0.81× borough avg

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

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In their own words

“The proposed rear extension will have a depth of 4 metres, which is in excess of the 3.5 metres recommended for semi-detached houses by Barnet's Residential Design Guidance SPD”

23/0001/HSE

“No. 76 benefits from a rear extension with a depth of appoximately 3.6 metres. The proposed extension would exceed that in depth by 0.4 metres”

23/0001/HSE

Measured from 72 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 72 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

CS1 arnet’s place shaping strategy – protection,
33 times cited
CS5 rotecting and enhancing Barnet’s character
31 times cited
CS NPPF
20 times cited
DM01Protecting Barnet’s character and amenity Page
13 times cited
DM02Development standards Page
9 times cited
CS4Providing quality homes and housing choice in Barnet
1 times cited
CS9Enlargement of School Facilities CS10 DM
1 times cited
CS10 nabling inclusive integrated community
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
9
89%
6
83%
6
83%
6
67%
6
83%
5
80%
5
100%
5
100%
5
75%
4
75%
3
100%
3
100%
3
100%
3
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
1
100%
1
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89%
6
83%
6
83%
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67%
6
83%
5
80%
5
100%
5
100%
5
75%
4
75%
3
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3
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3
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Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2022–23.[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
23/1966/FUL
Full Application
Refused
2023-08-25
23/2303/HSE
Householder Application
Approved
2023-08-01
23/1966/FUL
Full Application
Refused
2023-08-25
23/2303/HSE
Householder Application
Approved
2023-08-01
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Divi-Design Ltd.
2. Domus Architects and Project Managers Ltd
3. Wildtrack Design
4. Hertford Planning Service
At a glance
OfficerZaneb Hussain
BoroughBarnet
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications77 (2022–23)
Approval rate88%
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, 2022–23. · 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 72 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.