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Case officer · Hammersmith And Fulham Planning

Claire Whelan.

Last recorded decision Aug 2020 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Hammersmith And Fulham with an approval rate of 98% across 43 decided planning applications, spanning 9 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer43 decisions98% approvalSave
Hammersmith And Fulham · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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43
Applications
2020
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 rate98% · 10th of 45
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 reports20 officer reports parsed
0%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
0%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
0%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
80%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
How they reason — coded from their reports

Whelan's caseload is dominated by rear/roof extensions and window/AC alterations, and she is distinctive for citing the application SITE'S OWN previous approval for a similar proposal under its own historic reference alongside multiple named neighbouring precedent addresses in the same paragraph, combining site history and terrace-wide pattern in a single justification. On roof outlook impacts she occasionally states a specific percentage figure for outlook worsening (e.g. 'not worsen the outlook... by any more than 15%') rather than a bare pass/fail against the 45-degree test.

Observable habits

· combines the application site's OWN previous approval for a similar scheme under its own historic reference with multiple named neighbouring precedent addresses in the same justification, rather than relying on either alone

· occasionally quantifies outlook impact as a specific percentage figure (e.g. 'not worsen... by any more than 15%') rather than a bare pass/fail against the 45-degree criterion

· cites several (three or more) named comparable extensions with their own application references along the same terrace to establish precedent for a proposal type

What their reports consistently look for

· whether the application site itself has a previous approval for a similar proposal under its own historic reference, in addition to neighbouring precedent

· the specific percentage figure by which a proposal would worsen outlook from an affected neighbouring window

· multiple (not just one) named comparable extensions along the same terrace with their own application references

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In their own words

Comparable second floor extension can be seen at 24 Finlay Street (2014/02699/FUL) and 35 Finlay Street (2014/00224/FUL) so precedent for this type of development has already been established. In addition, the application site has received previous approval for a similar proposal in 2015 (2015/00544/FUL).

2020/00005/FUL

The proposal will also not worsen the outlook of the rear facing window at 1 Irene Road by any more than 15%.

2020/00740/FUL

Measured from 20 published Hammersmith And Fulham 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 20 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

DC1Built environment quality and integration
18 times cited
DC4High standard of design for alterations and extensions
16 times cited
DC8Heritage and conservation: Buildings at risk
15 times cited
HO11Detailed Residential Standards
10 times cited
CC3Flood Risk Assessment Requirement
9 times cited
CC4Minimising surface water run-off with Sustainable Drainage Systems
9 times cited
CC11Noise and Vibration Control for Developments
4 times cited
CC13Control of potentially polluting uses and environmental nuisance
4 times cited
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Decisions by ward

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.

Recent applications
Address
Reference
Type
Outcome
Date
2020/02134/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2020-11-13
2020/01208/FUL
Full Planning Application
Refused
2020-10-06
2020/02134/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2020-11-13
2020/01208/FUL
Full Planning Application
Refused
2020-10-06
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Ms Georgina Turvey / Peek Architecture Ltd
2. Michael Mungavin / McNeish Homes Ltd
3. Andy Manington / FORM Design Group Ltd
4. Mr Bernard Lawrence / LAWRENCE BECKINGHAM FIELD LTD
At a glance
OfficerClaire Whelan
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications43 (2020)
Approval rate98%
London approval avg81%
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Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Hammersmith And Fulham planning register and published decision notices, 2020. · 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 Hammersmith And Fulham 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 20 published Hammersmith And Fulham 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.