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Case officer · Kingston Upon Thames Planning

Dean Gibson.

Active — last recorded decision Mar 2026

A case officer at Kingston Upon Thames with an approval rate of 73% across 25 decided planning applications, spanning 12 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer25 decisions73% approvalSave
Kingston Upon Thames · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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25
Applications
2023–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%100%202571%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate73% · 12th of 32
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 Dean Gibson'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 Dean Gibson decided — 10 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

DM10Design Requirements for New Developments (including House Extensions)134Kingston Upon Thames plan
6 times cited
CS8Character, Design and HeritageKingston Upon Thames plan
5 times cited
DM9Managing Vehicle Use for New DevelopmentKingston Upon Thames plan
4 times cited
T4London Plan
4 times cited
T6London Plan
3 times cited
D3London Plan
3 times cited
T5London Plan
3 times cited
CS6Retention of Public Houses in theKingston Upon Thames plan
3 times cited
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Recent applications
Address
Reference
Type
Outcome
Date
25/01815/FUL
Full Application
Approved
2026-05-15
26/00395/FUL
Full Application
Approved
2026-04-28
25/01815/FUL
Full Application
Approved
2026-05-15
26/00395/FUL
Full Application
Approved
2026-04-28
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data

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

At a glance
OfficerDean Gibson
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications25 (2023–26)
Approval rate73%
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 Kingston Upon Thames planning register and published decision notices, 2023–26. · 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 Kingston Upon Thames 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.