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Case officer · Lambeth Planning

Ruth Brown.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Lambeth with an approval rate of 72% across 727 decided planning applications, spanning 23 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer727 decisions72% 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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727
Applications
2020–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%76%202081%202177%202265%202367%202471%202575%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate72% · 49th 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 Ruth Brown'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 Ruth Brown decided — 610 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

Q11Building alterations and extensionsLambeth plan
415 times cited
Q5Local distinctivenessLambeth plan
394 times cited
Q2AmenityLambeth plan
224 times cited
Q22Conservation areasLambeth plan
167 times cited
Q8Design quality: construction detailingLambeth plan
139 times cited
Q20Statutory listed buildingsLambeth plan
83 times cited
SI1London Plan
65 times cited
NPPFNPPF
60 times cited
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Decisions by ward

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
26/00940/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-06-09
26/01025/LB
Listed Building Consent
Approved
2026-06-08
26/00940/FUL
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2026-06-09
26/01025/LB
Listed Building Consent
Approved
2026-06-08
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Resi
2. Design Team
3. Resi Design Ltd
4. Thomas and Thomas
At a glance
OfficerRuth Brown
BoroughLambeth
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications727 (2020–26)
Approval rate72%
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.