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Case officer · Kensington And Chelsea Planning

Simona Butera.

Last recorded decision May 2024 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Kensington And Chelsea with an approval rate of 84% across 129 decided planning applications, spanning 16 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer129 decisions84% 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
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129
Applications
2020–24
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%0%20180%201975%202090%202187%202294%2023
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate84% · 70th 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 Simona Butera'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 Simona Butera decided — 4 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

CL1Context and CharacterKensington And Chelsea plan
3 times cited
CL2Design QualityKensington And Chelsea plan
3 times cited
CL3Heritage Assets - Conservation Areas and HistoricKensington And Chelsea plan
3 times cited
CL6Small-scale Alterations and AdditionsKensington And Chelsea plan
3 times cited
CL5Living ConditionsKensington And Chelsea plan
3 times cited
CT1Improving alternatives to car useKensington And Chelsea plan
3 times cited
CE5Air QualityKensington And Chelsea plan
3 times cited
CE6Noise and VibrationKensington And Chelsea plan
3 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
31
83%
17
80%
17
79%
15
100%
10
89%
8
100%
7
67%
5
100%
4
100%
4
100%
3
100%
3
0%
2
0%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%
31
83%
17
80%
17
79%
Show all 16 rows
15
100%
10
89%
8
100%
7
67%
5
100%
4
100%
4
100%
3
100%
3
0%
2
0%
1
100%
1
100%
1
100%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–24.[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/22/00090
Planning Permission
Approved
2023-12-21
PP/23/04515
Planning Permission
Approved
2023-09-12
PP/22/00090
Planning Permission
Approved
2023-12-21
PP/23/04515
Planning Permission
Approved
2023-09-12
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data

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

At a glance
OfficerSimona Butera
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications129 (2020–24)
Approval rate84%
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, 2020–24. · 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.