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Case officer · Hillingdon Planning

Nicola Taplin.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Hillingdon with an approval rate of 68% across 2,560 decided planning applications, spanning 42 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer2,560 decisions68% approvalSave
Hillingdon · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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2,560
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%65%202064%202161%202273%202373%202476%202575%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate68% · 50th 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

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Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications Nicola Taplin decided — 826 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

NPPFNPPF
49 times cited
DMHB11Design of New DevelopmentHillingdon plan
47 times cited
DMT2Highways ImpactsHillingdon plan
18 times cited
DMT6Vehicle ParkingHillingdon plan
18 times cited
T6London Plan
14 times cited
DMT1Managing Transport ImpactsHillingdon plan
10 times cited
T5London Plan
9 times cited
D13London Plan
8 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
153
69%
127
69%
122
54%
122
69%
119
72%
118
73%
117
75%
98
65%
97
74%
97
64%
96
71%
91
64%
86
58%
86
71%
79
50%
78
68%
71
59%
69
71%
68
72%
64
83%
62
73%
60
84%
58
67%
53
71%
51
53%
42
71%
38
76%
37
79%
35
74%
33
72%
27
73%
27
74%
18
50%
18
78%
9
78%
9
44%
8
88%
5
100%
4
75%
3
100%
2
50%
1
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153
69%
127
69%
122
54%
Show all 42 rows
122
69%
119
72%
118
73%
117
75%
98
65%
97
74%
97
64%
96
71%
91
64%
86
58%
86
71%
79
50%
78
68%
71
59%
69
71%
68
72%
64
83%
62
73%
60
84%
58
67%
53
71%
51
53%
42
71%
38
76%
37
79%
35
74%
33
72%
27
73%
27
74%
18
50%
18
78%
9
78%
9
44%
8
88%
5
100%
4
75%
3
100%
2
50%
1
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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
42416/APP/2026/17
Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-04
19304/APP/2026/899
Planning Application
Refused
2026-06-04
42416/APP/2026/17
Planning Application
Approved
2026-06-04
19304/APP/2026/899
Planning Application
Refused
2026-06-04
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Amico Design Building
2. Modhwadia Design Services
3. Other XEVA DESIGN LTD STUDIO
4. Mr Kamal Panesar The Studio
At a glance
OfficerNicola Taplin
BoroughHillingdon
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications2,560 (2020–26)
Approval rate68%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
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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, 2020–26. · 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.