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Case officer · Greenwich Planning

Swachta Shankar.

Last recorded decision Sep 2024 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Greenwich with an approval rate of 67% across 133 decided planning applications, spanning 14 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer133 decisions67% approvalSave
Greenwich · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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133
Applications
2023–24
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%0%202368%2024
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate67% · 46th of 57
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 reports

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Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications Swachta Shankar decided — 2 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

H5Housing DesignGreenwich plan
2 times cited
DH1DesignGreenwich plan
2 times cited
D3London Plan
2 times cited
DH(B)Greenwich plan
2 times cited
D6London Plan
2 times cited
DH(A)Greenwich plan
2 times cited
T6London Plan
1 times cited
IM4Sustainable TravelGreenwich plan
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Recent applications
Address
Reference
Type
Outcome
Date
24/2425/F
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2024-11-21
24/2025/HD
Householders
Approved
2024-11-13
24/2425/F
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2024-11-21
24/2025/HD
Householders
Approved
2024-11-13
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. James Kay Architects
2. Anderson North Limited
3. Resi Design Ltd
4. GRa
At a glance
OfficerSwachta Shankar
BoroughGreenwich
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications133 (2023–24)
Approval rate67%
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 Greenwich planning register and published decision notices, 2023–24. · 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 Greenwich decision notices (grant/split), parsed from the published notice text; a borough figure, not yet split per case officer.
  4. [4]Policy citations will be coded from officer reports against the adopted Local Plan, London Plan and NPPF — that parsing has not run for this borough yet.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.