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Case officer · Kensington And Chelsea Planning

Aaron Lau.

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

A case officer at Kensington And Chelsea with an approval rate of 87% across 90 decided planning applications, spanning 12 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer90 decisions87% approvalSave
Kensington And Chelsea · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
ShowingAll years · subscriber →across all years on record — a period re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
At a glanceEach metric links to the investigation behind it
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90
Applications
2022–23
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%93%202279%2023
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate87% · 64th of 89
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 Aaron Lau'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 Aaron Lau decided — 7 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

CL5Living ConditionsKensington And Chelsea plan
3 times cited
CT1Improving alternatives to car useKensington And Chelsea plan
2 times cited
CE5Air QualityKensington And Chelsea plan
2 times cited
CL1Context and CharacterKensington And Chelsea plan
2 times cited
CL2Design QualityKensington And Chelsea plan
2 times cited
CL3Heritage Assets - Conservation Areas and HistoricKensington And Chelsea plan
2 times cited
CL6Small-scale Alterations and AdditionsKensington And Chelsea plan
2 times cited
CL4- Heritage Assets – Listed Buildings, Scheduled Ancient Monuments and ArchaeologyKensington And Chelsea plan
2 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
30
72%
20
88%
12
88%
8
86%
7
100%
4
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%
30
72%
20
88%
12
88%
Show all 12 rows
8
86%
7
100%
4
100%
2
100%
2
100%
2
100%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2022–23.[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
PP/22/03766
Planning Permission
Approved
2023-08-01
PP/23/01931
Planning Permission
Approved
2023-07-26
PP/22/03766
Planning Permission
Approved
2023-08-01
PP/23/01931
Planning Permission
Approved
2023-07-26
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data

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

At a glance
OfficerAaron Lau
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications90 (2022–23)
Approval rate87%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
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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 Kensington And Chelsea planning register and published decision notices, 2022–23. · 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 Kensington And Chelsea 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.