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Case officer · Hillingdon Planning

Ed Laughton.

Active — last recorded decision Mar 2026

A case officer at Hillingdon with an approval rate of 90% across 435 decided planning applications, spanning 31 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer435 decisions90% approvalSave
Hillingdon · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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435
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%91%202089%202193%202288%202391%202494%202580%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate90% · 15th of 59
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 Ed Laughton'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 Ed Laughton decided — 293 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

DMHB11Design of New DevelopmentHillingdon plan
23 times cited
DMT6Vehicle ParkingHillingdon plan
19 times cited
DMT1Managing Transport ImpactsHillingdon plan
13 times cited
DMT5Pedestrians and CyclistsHillingdon plan
12 times cited
DMT2Highways ImpactsHillingdon plan
12 times cited
DMT4Public TransportHillingdon plan
11 times cited
EM8Hillingdon plan
11 times cited
NPPFNPPF
9 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–26.[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
59872/APP/2026/772
Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-04
59872/APP/2026/563
Planning Application
Refused
2026-06-01
59872/APP/2026/772
Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-04
59872/APP/2026/563
Planning Application
Refused
2026-06-01
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Mr Robert Mackenzie-Grieve Fairview New Homes
2. Mr Martin Pearce Weston Group Business Centre Parsonage Road Takeley CM22
3. Mr Jarrod Spencer Weston Homes PLC Weston Group Business Centre Parsonage Road Takeley CM22
4. Grace Sadler St Modwen Homes Two Devon Way Longbridge Technology Park Birmingham B31
At a glance
OfficerEd Laughton
BoroughHillingdon
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications435 (2020–26)
Approval rate90%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
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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 Hillingdon planning register and published decision notices, 2020–26. · 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 Hillingdon 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.