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Case officer · Harrow Planning

Nicola Rankin.

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

A case officer at Harrow with an approval rate of 52% across 64 decided planning applications, spanning 14 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer64 decisions52% approvalSave
Harrow · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
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64
Applications
2020–24
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%33%2020100%202150%202247%202367%2024
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate52% · 64th 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 Nicola Rankin'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 Nicola Rankin decided — 5 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

DM1Achieving a High Standard of DevelopmentHarrow plan
5 times cited
NPPFNPPF
4 times cited
D11London Plan
2 times cited
DM2Achieving Lifetime NeighbourhoodsHarrow plan
2 times cited
D14London Plan
2 times cited
SI12London Plan
2 times cited
SI13London Plan
2 times cited
DM10On Site Water Management and Surface Water AttenuationHarrow plan
2 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
11
67%
10
63%
9
44%
6
80%
6
33%
6
33%
3
33%
3
100%
3
33%
3
0%
1
0%
1
100%
1
100%
1
0%
11
67%
10
63%
9
44%
Show all 14 rows
6
80%
6
33%
6
33%
3
33%
3
100%
3
33%
3
0%
1
0%
1
100%
1
100%
1
0%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–24.[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/0390/23
Full Planning Application
Refused
2024-10-31
P/4341/22
Full Planning Application
Approved
2024-09-30
PL/0390/23
Full Planning Application
Refused
2024-10-31
P/4341/22
Full Planning Application
Approved
2024-09-30
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. ASK Planning
2. logcreation.co.uk limited
3. Grass Roots Planning Ltd
4. Tetlow King Planning
At a glance
OfficerNicola Rankin
BoroughHarrow
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications64 (2020–24)
Approval rate52%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
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The delegated share by borough and officer — where the real power over decisions sits.
Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Harrow planning register and published decision notices, 2020–24. · 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 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.