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Case officer · Enfield Planning

Ronny Ferley.

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

A case officer at Enfield with an approval rate of 48% across 318 decided planning applications, spanning 14 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer318 decisions48% approvalSave
Enfield · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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318
Applications
2020–22
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%36%202053%202157%2022
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate48% · 59th of 63
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 reports238 officer reports parsed
13%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
9%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
7%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
78%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Enfield's average officer

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

Bulk & massing
1.36× borough avg
Energy & sustainability
1.33× borough avg
Precedent & consistency
1.13× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
0.99× borough avg
Trees & landscape
0.98× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Ferley writes checklist reports and is careful to frame first-floor extensions against the 30-degree line from the midpoint of the nearest first-floor habitable window (distinct from the 45-degree ground-floor test), stating the actual measured distance from the boundary rather than relying on the angle test alone.

Observable habits

· applies the 30-degree line test specifically for first-floor extensions, separately from the ground-floor 45-degree test, and states the measured boundary distance for each affected neighbour

· assesses larger cumulative rear-extension depths against the visual quality and 'hostile/defensive' character of the existing block rather than treating any precedent as automatically justifying more depth

· notes lapsed prior permissions on the same site as a direct starting comparator for the current scheme

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the 30-degree line test measured from the midpoint of the nearest first-floor habitable window, distinct from the ground-floor 45-degree test

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether a lapsed prior permission for a similar scheme exists on the same site as a direct comparator

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether cumulative extension depth in a block, even where precedented, still represents good design rather than merely repeating a poor pattern

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In their own words

The proposed 1st floor extension would be within a 30-degree angle when measured from the mid-point of the 1st floor habitable room windows of both adjoining properties at Nos. 42 & 46. This is because the 1st floor extension has been designed to be located well off the shared boundaries with both these properties

20/00074/HOU

Whilst there are other similarly large examples in the surrounds, they are not representation of good design and do not set positive precedents. Moreover, they are all historic extensions approved under a different local development framework

20/00113/FUL

Measured from 238 published Enfield 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 238 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

7.6
1 times cited
CP4HOUSING QUALITY New housing
1 times cited
CP30MAINTAINING AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THE BUILT AND OPEN ENVIRONMENT All developments and interventions in the public realm must be high quality and design-l
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–22.[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
21/02368/FUL
Full
Approved
2022-08-17
22/01022/FUL
Full
Refused
2022-05-12
21/02368/FUL
Full
Approved
2022-08-17
22/01022/FUL
Full
Refused
2022-05-12
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. John Perrin & Sons Ltd
2. PAD Architectural Consultants
3. ELA Design
4. CG Architects
At a glance
OfficerRonny Ferley
BoroughEnfield
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications318 (2020–22)
Approval rate48%
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 Enfield 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 — mean effective conditions attached to Enfield 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 238 published Enfield 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.