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Case officer · Hackney Planning

Alishba Emanuel.

Last recorded decision Jul 2023 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Hackney with an approval rate of 68% across 155 decided planning applications, spanning 20 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer155 decisions68% approvalSave
Hackney · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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155
Applications
2022–23
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%69%202268%2023
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate68% · 41st of 52
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 reports138 officer reports parsed
21%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
21%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
9%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
57%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Hackney's average officer

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

Precedent & consistency
2.46× borough avg
Character & heritage
1.59× borough avg
Privacy & overlooking
1.09× borough avg
Materials & detailing
1.06× borough avg
Bulk & massing
1.02× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Emanuel's re-submission casework explicitly cross-references the specific prior application reference that was refused and states precisely what has changed to address the refusal reasons. Her Certificate of Lawfulness cases quote a wide inventory of specific documentary evidence types by name (tenancy logs, council tax bands, deposit protection records) rather than a general evidence summary.

Observable habits

· cross-references the exact prior refused application reference and states specifically what has changed to address the refusal reasons

· itemises the specific documentary evidence types submitted for a lawfulness certificate (tenancy log, council tax band, deposit protection) rather than summarising generally

· explicitly reduces the size of a contested element (e.g. a roof terrace) between resubmissions and assesses whether the reduction is sufficient

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the specific prior refused application reference and exactly what has changed to address each refusal reason

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: a full itemised inventory of the specific documentary evidence types submitted (not just 'sufficient evidence')

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: whether a proposed change moves a use into a historically higher-status room, treated as a distinct heritage concern from the works themselves

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In their own words

The application relates to the previously refused application `2021/2500' the application has reduced the size of the roof terrace and inserted a privacy screen with the aim of addressing the previous reasons for refusal.

2022/0030

Tenancy Agreement attached to Sworn Affidavit Tenancy Agreement including rent book log dated: 2015-2016 2017-2018 2020-2021

2022/1142

As existing, the kitchen is located within the basement, which is the traditional location for the service areas of early nineteenth-century terraced houses. The ground floor rooms are areas of higher status, which is reflected in their architectural details such as the decorative cornice.

2022/1171

Measured from 138 published Hackney 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 138 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

LP1Part A will be applied having regard to the scale and location of the
50 times cited
LP2Development and Amenity
41 times cited
D3Allocation: Mixed-use including residential
41 times cited
LP54Overheating and Adapting to Climate Change
39 times cited
D4Allocation: Mixed-use including residential
38 times cited
LP55Mitigating Climate Change
34 times cited
G6
33 times cited
D1130 Kingsland High Street and site to the rear 130A Kingsland High
26 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2022–23.[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
2023/0453
Full Planning Permission
Withdrawn
2025-01-17
2023/0744
Full Planning Permission
Refused
2023-11-13
2023/0453
Full Planning Permission
Withdrawn
2025-01-17
2023/0744
Full Planning Permission
Refused
2023-11-13
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Stace LLP
2. SAM Planning services
3. Ridge LLP
4. MoreSpace
At a glance
OfficerAlishba Emanuel
BoroughHackney
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications155 (2022–23)
Approval rate68%
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 Hackney planning register and published decision notices, 2022–23. · 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 Hackney 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 138 published Hackney 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.