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Case officer · Harrow Planning

James Clark.

Active — last recorded decision Mar 2026

A case officer at Harrow with an approval rate of 56% across 14 decided planning applications, spanning 7 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer14 decisions56% approvalSave
Harrow · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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14
Applications
2022–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%60%202450%202550%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate56% · 63rd of 72
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

Not filled in yet — this needs at least 20 of James Clark's own officer reports parsed, and their reports haven't reached that threshold in the parsing run. It fills automatically as parsing progresses; nothing is estimated in its place.

Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications James Clark decided — 5 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

DM1Achieving a High Standard of DevelopmentHarrow plan
3 times cited
DM7Heritage AssetsHarrow plan
1 times cited
SI12London Plan
1 times cited
SI13London Plan
1 times cited
DM9Managing Flood RiskHarrow plan
1 times cited
DM10On Site Water Management and Surface Water AttenuationHarrow plan
1 times cited
DM18Protection of Open SpaceHarrow plan
1 times cited
NPPFNPPF
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2022–26.[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
PL/2362/25
Householder
Refused
2026-04-14
PL/2362/25
Householder
Refused
2026-04-14
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. UPP Architects & Town Planners
2. WSP
3. CSE Consulting
4. V-Design Cad Services Ltd
At a glance
OfficerJames Clark
BoroughHarrow
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications14 (2022–26)
Approval rate56%
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 Harrow planning register and published decision notices, 2022–26. · 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 Harrow 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.