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AtlasHillingdonOfficersKarl Dafe
Case officer · Hillingdon Planning

Karl Dafe.

Last recorded decision Sep 2023 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Hillingdon with an approval rate of 95% across 100 decided planning applications, spanning 17 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer100 decisions95% approvalSave
Hillingdon · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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100
Applications
2020–23
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%100%202092%2021100%202294%2023
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate95% · 5th 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 Karl Dafe'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 Karl Dafe decided — 35 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

NPPFNPPF
2 times cited
DMHB11Design of New DevelopmentHillingdon plan
1 times cited
DMHB14Trees and LandscapingHillingdon plan
1 times cited
DMT6Vehicle ParkingHillingdon plan
1 times cited
DMHB18Private Outdoor Amenity SpaceHillingdon plan
1 times cited
DMHD1Alterations and Extensions to Residential DwellingsHillingdon plan
1 times cited
DMEI13Importation of Waste MaterialHillingdon plan
1 times cited
2SPD / guidance
1 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–23.[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
42966/APP/2023/70
Planning Application
Approved
2023-11-02
44457/APP/2023/2501
Planning Application
Approved
2023-10-30
42966/APP/2023/70
Planning Application
Approved
2023-11-02
44457/APP/2023/2501
Planning Application
Approved
2023-10-30
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Bhoseok Nam Heathrow Airport Limited The Compass Centre Nelson Road Hounslow TW6
2. Mr Luke Cronin Inland Homes Burnham Yard London End Beaconsfield HP9
3. Davis Gurtler Alpha Planning Ltd.
4. Mr Satish Vekaria Capital Programme Works Service Residents Services,
At a glance
OfficerKarl Dafe
BoroughHillingdon
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications100 (2020–23)
Approval rate95%
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 Hillingdon planning register and published decision notices, 2020–23. · 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.