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Case officer · Hounslow Planning

Leon Machisa.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Hounslow with an approval rate of 70% across 471 decided planning applications, spanning 28 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer471 decisions70% approvalSave
Hounslow · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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471
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%60%202072%202178%202262%202367%202474%202575%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate70% · 20th of 35
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 Leon Machisa decided — 213 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

CC2Urban design and architectureHounslow plan
47 times cited
CC1Context and characterHounslow plan
46 times cited
EC2Sustainable local transport network developmentHounslow plan
29 times cited
EQ5- noiseHounslow plan
24 times cited
NPPFNPPF
22 times cited
EQ7- Sustainable waste managementHounslow plan
15 times cited
SC7- Residential extensions and alterationsHounslow plan
14 times cited
D11London Plan
14 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
43
76%
42
68%
39
65%
36
70%
36
65%
35
69%
32
73%
26
55%
22
73%
21
75%
17
69%
16
62%
16
71%
15
50%
14
64%
13
64%
10
86%
8
100%
8
71%
8
88%
4
33%
2
100%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%
43
76%
42
68%
39
65%
Show all 28 rows
36
70%
36
65%
35
69%
32
73%
26
55%
22
73%
21
75%
17
69%
16
62%
16
71%
15
50%
14
64%
13
64%
10
86%
8
100%
8
71%
8
88%
4
33%
2
100%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%
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
P/2025/0846
PF-Full Applications
Approved
2026-05-19
P/2025/3144
Householder Applications
Approved
2026-04-30
P/2025/0846
PF-Full Applications
Approved
2026-05-19
P/2025/3144
Householder Applications
Approved
2026-04-30
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data

No named planning consultants on this officer's decided applications.

At a glance
OfficerLeon Machisa
BoroughHounslow
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications471 (2020–26)
Approval rate70%
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 Hounslow 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 Hounslow 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.