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Case officer · Lambeth Planning

Lauren Shallcross.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Lambeth with an approval rate of 67% across 119 decided planning applications, spanning 24 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer119 decisions67% approvalSave
Lambeth · 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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119
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%53%202074%202189%202260%2023100%2024100%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate67% · 60th of 72
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 Lauren Shallcross'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 Lauren Shallcross decided — 90 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

Q5Local distinctivenessLambeth plan
46 times cited
Q11Building alterations and extensionsLambeth plan
43 times cited
Q2AmenityLambeth plan
35 times cited
Q22Conservation areasLambeth plan
32 times cited
T6ParkingLambeth plan
23 times cited
T1Sustainable travelLambeth plan
22 times cited
Q8Design quality: construction detailingLambeth plan
22 times cited
T3CyclingLambeth plan
21 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
18
75%
16
57%
16
63%
12
83%
10
89%
10
63%
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43%
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75%
16
57%
16
63%
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12
83%
10
89%
10
63%
10
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7
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4
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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
25/03528/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-03-17
25/03722/RG4
Approval under Reg 4
—
2025-12-01
25/03528/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-03-17
25/03722/RG4
Approval under Reg 4
—
2025-12-01
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Harlequin Group
2. Phillips Planning Services Limited
3. Avison Young
4. Resi
At a glance
OfficerLauren Shallcross
BoroughLambeth
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications119 (2020–26)
Approval rate67%
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 Lambeth 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 Lambeth 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.