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Case officer · Newham Planning

Eva Poczachowska.

Active — last recorded decision Dec 2025

A case officer at Newham with an approval rate of 53% across 51 decided planning applications, spanning 16 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer51 decisions53% approvalSave
Newham · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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51
Applications
2020–25
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%67%202058%202117%202271%202360%20240%2025
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate53% · 36th of 39
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 reports47 officer reports parsed
52%
Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
12%
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
2%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
58%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Newham's average officer

Topic mentions per 1,000 words of their own report text (boilerplate stripped), indexed against all parsed Newham reports. Attention, not stance.

Character & heritage
1.29× borough avg
Transport & parking
1.29× borough avg
Materials & detailing
1.15× borough avg
Noise & disturbance
1.01× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
0.98× borough avg

Mark = borough average (1×). Bar capped at 2×.

How they reason — coded from their reports

Poczachowska's reports repeatedly compare a current retrospective/amended scheme against the SPECIFIC prior application it deviates from, naming the reference and the exact change (e.g. roof form). Her town-centre refusals cite named Local Plan policy numbers (SP6, SP7) on centre-clustering and design quality together rather than either alone.

Observable habits

· names the specific prior application reference and the exact element that has changed (e.g. roof form) when assessing a retrospective or amended scheme

· pairs town-centre clustering policy (SP6/SP7) with a design-quality finding rather than treating either as sufficient alone

· gives a precise room-by-room account of which habitable rooms lose light/outlook and by how much

What their reports consistently look for

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: the specific prior application reference and exact element changed, for a retrospective or amended scheme

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: town-centre clustering policy considered alongside, not instead of, design quality

· what this officer's reports consistently look for: a room-by-room account of daylight/outlook loss rather than a general amenity statement

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In their own words

This is a retrospective application that proposes alterations to the roofs of previously approved ground and first floor extensions. The size and massing of the extension remains subservient and proportionate to the main dwelling

19/02009/HH

the works create a sense of enclosure and reduces the level outlook from neighbouring properties. This is especially true for the residential premises at 425 and 419 Green Street

20/00476/FUL

Measured from 47 published Newham officer reports written by this officer, with recited policy boilerplate stripped before any counting. These describe how this officer works and writes — they are not outcome predictions. Every quote is from a named public report.

Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies this officer cites most in their own reports — times cited across 47 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

SP1Borough
20 times cited
SP2Healthy Neighbourhoods
20 times cited
SP3and J1). These are indicated in relevant spatial policies and more extensively but not
20 times cited
H1Stepped housing target for strategic sites delivery
20 times cited
D1
19 times cited
SP8Neighbourly development and living conditions
19 times cited
D4
17 times cited
S6Urban Newham
16 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–25.[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
24/02594/HH
Householder Application
Refused
2025-03-20
24/02485/HH
Householder Application
Refused
2025-01-29
24/02594/HH
Householder Application
Refused
2025-03-20
24/02485/HH
Householder Application
Refused
2025-01-29
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Hutton Enterprises
2. marood architects
3. CITYSCAPE PA
4. Enabling Projects
At a glance
OfficerEva Poczachowska
BoroughNewham
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications51 (2020–25)
Approval rate53%
London approval avg81%
Who decides here
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Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Newham planning register and published decision notices, 2020–25. · 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 Newham decision notices (grant/split), parsed from the published notice text; a borough figure, not yet split per case officer.
  4. [4]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 47 published Newham officer reports written by this officer, recited policy boilerplate stripped before counting; disposition text coded from their own reasoning with every quote machine-verified verbatim. Descriptive of how they work — not outcome predictions.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.