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Case officer · Tower Hamlets Planning

Kathleen Ly.

Last recorded decision Nov 2021 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Tower Hamlets with an approval rate of 84% across 92 decided planning applications, spanning 7 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer92 decisions84% approvalSave
Tower Hamlets · ward map
Approval rate — by ward
Lower ~68%
Higher ~90%
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92
Applications
2020–21
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%91%202076%2021100%2022100%2023
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate84% · 30th of 76
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 Kathleen Ly'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 Kathleen Ly decided — 65 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

S.DH3Heritage and the historic environmentTower Hamlets plan
23 times cited
D.DH8AmenityTower Hamlets plan
18 times cited
D.TR3Parking and permit-free development requirementsTower Hamlets plan
16 times cited
D.MW3Waste collection facilities in new developmentTower Hamlets plan
6 times cited
T5London Plan
6 times cited
D.TR4Sustainable delivery and servicingTower Hamlets plan
5 times cited
D.ES9Noise and vibrationTower Hamlets plan
5 times cited
DH1SPD / guidance
4 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
19
84%
18
78%
17
71%
12
83%
11
91%
9
100%
6
100%
19
84%
18
78%
17
71%
Show all 7 rows
12
83%
11
91%
9
100%
6
100%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–21.[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
PA/21/00381/A1
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-02-22
PA/21/01901/NC
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-01-14
PA/21/00381/A1
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2023-02-22
PA/21/01901/NC
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2022-01-14
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Chris Dyson Architects LLP
2. Tibbalds Planning and Urban Design Ltd.
3. Montagu Evans
4. YARD Architects
At a glance
OfficerKathleen Ly
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications92 (2020–21)
Approval rate84%
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 Tower Hamlets planning register and published decision notices, 2020–21. · 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 Tower Hamlets 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.