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Case officer · Richmond Upon Thames Planning

Maximillian Gibson.

Active — last recorded decision May 2026

A case officer at Richmond Upon Thames with an approval rate of 79% across 158 decided planning applications, spanning 7 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer158 decisions79% approvalSave
Richmond Upon Thames · 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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158
Applications
2023–26
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%84%202571%2026
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate79% · 41st of 67
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 Maximillian 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 Maximillian Gibson decided — 121 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

D12London Plan
57 times cited
NPPFNPPF
12 times cited
46Amenity and Living ConditionsRichmond Upon Thames plan
5 times cited
28Local Character and Design Quality (Strategic Policy)Richmond Upon Thames plan
5 times cited
42Trees, Woodland and LandscapeRichmond Upon Thames plan
5 times cited
LP1Richmond Upon Thames plan
3 times cited
LP4Richmond Upon Thames plan
3 times cited
29Designated Heritage AssetsRichmond Upon Thames plan
3 times cited
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Decisions by ward

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2023–26.[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
PA26/1410
Householder Application
Approved
2026-06-04
PA26/1599
Listed Building Consent
Refused
2026-06-04
PA26/1410
Householder Application
Approved
2026-06-04
PA26/1599
Listed Building Consent
Refused
2026-06-04
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. KLC Architects Ltd
2. Studio Werc Ltd
At a glance
OfficerMaximillian Gibson
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications158 (2023–26)
Approval rate79%
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 Richmond 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 — Richmond Upon Thames's decision-notice parsing is limited coverage, so no borough or officer figure is shown.
  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.