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AtlasBrentOfficersAndrew Mortimer
Case officer · Brent Planning

Andrew Mortimer.

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

A case officer at Brent with an approval rate of 75% across 310 decided planning applications, spanning 13 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer310 decisions75% approvalSave
Brent · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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310
Applications
2020–22
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%84%202072%202169%2022
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate75% · 19th of 43
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 reports447 officer reports parsed
8%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
1%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
2%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
55%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Brent's average officer

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

Materials & detailing
1.76× borough avg
Character & heritage
1.27× borough avg
Privacy & overlooking
1.05× borough avg
Precedent & consistency
0.91× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
0.75× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Mortimer handles a high volume of standard SPD2 householder extensions and GPDO Certificates of Lawfulness, verifying roof-extension dimensions and volumes explicitly against source drawings ('Drawings have been measured and verified') and citing established, unauthorised precedent at named neighbouring addresses (dormers in place 11+ years) as a material consideration for streetscene acceptability.

Observable habits

· states explicitly that submitted drawing dimensions and volume calculations have been measured and verified rather than simply accepted

· treats long-standing unauthorised development at named neighbouring addresses as a material streetscene precedent, distinguishing it from a formal planning history

· checks whether new windows would need conditioned obscure glazing to maintain neighbour privacy before treating a design element as acceptable

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: explicit confirmation that submitted drawing dimensions and calculated volumes have been measured and verified

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether similar unauthorised development already exists at named neighbouring addresses as a streetscene precedent

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether a proposed window needs an obscure-glazing condition to protect neighbour privacy

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In their own words

Proposes a volume of 26.89 cubic metres [(6.16 * 3.78 *2.31) / 2 = 26.89] Drawings have been measured and verified

20/0134

It is noted that the neighbouring property 15 Aylestone Avenue has 2 side dormers in place, which have not been granted planning permission, but have been in place for at least 11 years.

20/0163

Measured from 447 published Brent 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 447 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

DMP12
2 times cited
DMP1DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT GENERAL
1 times cited
DMP 2
1 times cited
DMP 3
1 times cited
DMP 17
1 times cited
DMP18
1 times cited
DMP19
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Recent applications
Address
Reference
Type
Outcome
Date
21/4077
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-06-23
21/4509
Householder
Refused
2022-05-30
21/4077
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-06-23
21/4509
Householder
Refused
2022-05-30
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. QPAD
2. Sterling Town Planning
3. KDA DESIGNS LTD
4. Resi
At a glance
OfficerAndrew Mortimer
BoroughBrent
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications310 (2020–22)
Approval rate75%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
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Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Brent 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 — Brent's decision-notice parsing is limited coverage, so no borough or officer figure is shown.
  4. [4]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 447 published Brent 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.