Ryan McMinn.
Last recorded decision Oct 2020 — no decisions in this record since
A case officer at Croydon with an approval rate of 77% across 48 decided planning applications, spanning 10 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.
Not enough dated decisions for a trend yet.
Topic mentions per 1,000 words of their own report text (boilerplate stripped), indexed against all parsed Croydon reports. Attention, not stance.
Mark = borough average (1×). Bar capped at 2×.
McMinn's caseload is dominated by HMO room-standard applications, and he consistently presents a numbered bedroom-by-bedroom table stating required vs provided floor area in sqm against Croydon's specific per-occupancy standards (10sqm for 1 person, 15sqm for 2), treating a shortfall on even a minority of rooms as sufficient grounds for refusal on standard-of-accommodation grounds. On retail-to-residential change of use, he engages critically with submitted marketing evidence, noting when the marketing method (letters, boards, listings) did not demonstrate genuine interest but declining to treat weak marketing evidence alone as determinative without further context.
· presents a numbered bedroom-by-bedroom table of required vs provided floor area in sqm against Croydon's specific per-occupancy HMO standards (10sqm/1 person, 15sqm/2 persons), and will refuse where even a minority of rooms fall short
· critically assesses submitted marketing evidence for a retail-to-residential change of use, checking the specific marketing methods used (boards, listings, email, phone, mailing) rather than accepting a bare marketing letter at face value
· cross-checks parking-stress claims against direct evidence — Google Street View imagery and neighbour representations — rather than relying solely on the applicant's own parking assessment
· the precise required-vs-provided floor area in sqm for each individual HMO bedroom against Croydon's specific 10sqm/15sqm per-occupancy standards
· the specific methods used in a retail unit's marketing campaign (boards, listings, email, phone, mailing) and whether they demonstrated genuine market interest
· direct visual/evidential cross-checks (Google Street View, neighbour representations) of claimed parking stress rather than relying on the applicant's assessment alone
“the proposal would not provide adequate accommodation in line with Croydon's standards for 2 of the 4 bedrooms. As such, the proposed development would fail to a provide satisfactory standard of accommodation”
20/01202/FUL
“Marketing included a marketing board at the site, posted on real estate websites, email, phone and mailing. The marketing evidence did not demonstrate significant interest of the property, however, this does not establish that a change of use to residential is appropriate”
20/01011/FUL
Measured from 33 published Croydon 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.
The policies this officer cites most in their own reports — times cited across 33 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.
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Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020.[1] Click the map above to focus this page on a ward, or a row to open the ward.
- [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Croydon planning register and published decision notices, 2020. · methodology
- [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]Condition load — mean effective conditions attached to Croydon decision notices (grant/split), parsed from the published notice text; a borough figure, not yet split per case officer.
- [4]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 33 published Croydon 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.