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Case officer · Havering Planning

Kara Johnston.

Recently active — last recorded decision Dec 2024

A case officer at Havering with an approval rate of 40% across 38 decided planning applications, spanning 14 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer38 decisions40% approvalSave
Havering · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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38
Applications
2024
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%38%202444%2025
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate40% · 33rd of 34
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

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Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications Kara Johnston decided — 21 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

7Residential design and amenityHavering plan
21 times cited
NPPFNPPF
13 times cited
26Urban designHavering plan
12 times cited
10Garden and backland developmentHavering plan
7 times cited
9Conversions and subdivisionsHavering plan
6 times cited
34Managing pollutionHavering plan
4 times cited
D6London Plan
4 times cited
D3London Plan
3 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2024.[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
P1457.24
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2025-02-12
P1572.24
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2025-02-12
P1457.24
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2025-02-12
P1572.24
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2025-02-12
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Spaces Architecture Ltd
2. Civils Consulting Ltd
3. Mrs Elizabeth Humphries Town Wall House Balkerne Hill Colchester CO3
At a glance
OfficerKara Johnston
BoroughHavering
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications38 (2024)
Approval rate40%
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 Havering planning register and published decision notices, 2024. · 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 — Havering's decision-notice parsing is limited coverage, so no borough or officer figure is shown.
  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.