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Case officer · Brent Planning

Rebecca Lo.

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

A case officer at Brent with an approval rate of 72% across 18 decided planning applications, spanning 12 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer18 decisions72% approvalSave
Brent · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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18
Applications
2021–22
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average

Not enough dated decisions for a trend yet.

What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate72% · 22nd 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 reports30 officer reports parsed
17%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
0%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
7%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
61%
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.

Trees & landscape
1.5× borough avg
Transport & parking
1.16× borough avg
Flooding & drainage
0.96× borough avg
Materials & detailing
0.92× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
0.9× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Lo's reports on crossovers and front-garden parking set out the exact soft/hard landscaping split achieved in sqm and percentage, checked against Brent's Domestic Vehicle Footway Crossover Policy by numbered section, and industrial/B8 renovation reports set out precise before/after floorspace and parking allowance figures.

Observable habits

· states the exact soft/hard landscaping split achieved in both sqm and percentage terms for front-garden crossover applications

· checks the proposal against Brent's Domestic Vehicle Footway Crossover Policy by specific numbered section

· sets out precise before/after floorspace and parking-allowance figures for industrial/B8 renovation schemes

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the exact soft/hard landscaping split achieved, in both sqm and percentage terms

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the specific numbered section of the Domestic Vehicle Footway Crossover Policy engaged by a proposal

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: precise before/after floorspace and parking allowance figures for industrial/B8 schemes

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In their own words

According to the plans provided, 38% would be soft landscaping and 62% would be hardstanding, which would be contrary to DMP12 and SPD2 to retain a 50/50 balance.

22/0061

The 5m width of the proposed crossover exceeds the maximum permitted width of 4.2m for two parking spaces therefore fails to comply with Brent’s Crossover Policy (Section 10 and 22).

22/0061

Measured from 30 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 30 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

DMP1DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT GENERAL
21 times cited
BD1Leading the Way in Good Urban Design
15 times cited
D12a
14 times cited
BT2PARKING AND CAR FREE DEVELOPMENT WHICH ARE
3 times cited
BT4FORMING AN ACCESS ON TO A ROAD
2 times cited
BHC1BRENT’S HERITAGE ASSETS
2 times cited
BGI1GREEN AND BLUE INFRASTRUCTURE IN BRENT
2 times cited
BSUI3MANAGING FLOOD RISK
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2021–22.[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
22/0861
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-05-10
22/0897
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-05-04
22/0861
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-05-10
22/0897
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-05-04
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Linear Insight Ltd
2. Kingsbury Plans And Design
3. RAHUL TAHEEM LTD
4. ARSEN ARCHITECTURE LTD
At a glance
OfficerRebecca Lo
BoroughBrent
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications18 (2021–22)
Approval rate72%
London approval avg81%
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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, 2021–22. · 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 30 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.