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Case officer · Hammersmith And Fulham Planning

Curtis Thompson.

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

A case officer at Hammersmith And Fulham with an approval rate of 87% across 292 decided planning applications, spanning 12 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer292 decisions87% approvalSave
Hammersmith And Fulham · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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292
Applications
2020–22
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%85%202085%202190%2022100%2023
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate87% · 36th 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 reports106 officer reports parsed
10%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
30%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
0%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
91%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Hammersmith And Fulham's average officer

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

Trees & landscape
2.02× borough avg
Materials & detailing
1.41× borough avg
Bulk & massing
1.33× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
1.26× borough avg
Daylight & sunlight
1.24× borough avg

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

How they reason — coded from their reports

Thompson's caseload includes a notable share of roof terraces and pod extensions negotiated through amendment during the application process, and he is distinctive for explicitly naming the two or more prior LPA reference numbers that established 'the principle of development' on a plot before assessing a new phase of extension, treating that established principle as carrying forward even where a specific numeric criterion (e.g. depth) is not strictly met. On roof terrace screening he tracks specific stepped-in or reduced dimensions negotiated during the application (e.g. screening stepped in 0.6m to better match a neighbouring approved terrace) as the basis for finding an amended scheme acceptable where the original would not have been.

Observable habits

· explicitly names two or more prior LPA application references that established 'the principle of development' on the same plot, and treats that principle as carrying forward to justify a new phase even where a specific numeric criterion is not strictly met

· tracks specific negotiated reductions during the application process (e.g. terrace screening stepped in a stated distance to better match an approved neighbouring terrace) as the basis for a final favourable finding

· on 45-degree-line breaches from a roof extension or terrace, checks whether the EXISTING back addition already breaches the line, framing the test as whether the new works would 'not worsen it'

What their reports consistently look for

· whether two or more prior LPA references on the same site already established 'the principle of development' being extended by the current phase

· the specific negotiated dimensional change (e.g. a stated stepped-in distance) made to a roof terrace or extension during the application, and whether it resolves the original objection

· whether the EXISTING back addition already breaches the 45-degree line, such that the current works would not make the situation worse

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In their own words

Similar extensions have been built elsewhere within the terrace set, and the principle of development has been established by the previous approvals '2019/03245/FUL' and '2019/01982/FUL'

2020/01759/FUL

the existing back addition already impacts the line taken at 45 degrees from ground floor level, therefore the proposed roof extension and screening will not worsen it

2020/03217/FUL

Measured from 106 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 106 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

DC1Built environment quality and integration
98 times cited
DC4High standard of design for alterations and extensions
91 times cited
HO11Detailed Residential Standards
78 times cited
DC8Heritage and conservation: Buildings at risk
73 times cited
CC11Noise and Vibration Control for Developments
62 times cited
CC3Flood Risk Assessment Requirement
37 times cited
CC4Minimising surface water run-off with Sustainable Drainage Systems
32 times cited
DC6Respecting architectural character with replacement windows
31 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
2021/03573/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2023-06-16
2021/03570/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2023-06-16
2021/03573/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2023-06-16
2021/03570/FUL
Full Planning Application
Approved
2023-06-16
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Mr Paul Whalley / Faithorn Farrell Timms LLP
2. Mrs K Cowan / Studio 136 Architects Ltd
3. Mr Ian Nunn / Pellings LLP
4. Mr Felix Padfield / felix db limited
At a glance
OfficerCurtis Thompson
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications292 (2020–22)
Approval rate87%
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 Hammersmith And Fulham 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 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 106 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.