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Case officer · Wandsworth Planning

Alex Thwaites.

Last recorded decision Nov 2023 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Wandsworth with an approval rate of 89% across 352 decided planning applications, spanning 24 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer352 decisions89% approvalSave
Wandsworth · 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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352
Applications
2020–23
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 81%94%202092%202189%202286%2023
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate89% · 58th of 68
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

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Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies cited most on decision notices for applications Alex Thwaites decided — 313 parsed notices. From the published notices themselves; their own report wording is parsed separately.

NPPFNPPF
192 times cited
DMS1SPD / guidance
153 times cited
DMS2SPD / guidance
44 times cited
DMS3SPD / guidance
35 times cited
LP1The Design-led ApproachWandsworth plan
32 times cited
LP2General Development PrinciplesWandsworth plan
26 times cited
2Wandsworth plan
25 times cited
4Wandsworth plan
19 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
37
100%
34
93%
26
81%
20
100%
19
94%
18
63%
17
82%
16
80%
16
88%
15
100%
15
93%
15
87%
14
86%
12
83%
12
92%
11
90%
11
73%
11
91%
8
75%
7
100%
4
100%
4
100%
2
100%
1
100%
37
100%
34
93%
26
81%
Show all 24 rows
20
100%
19
94%
18
63%
17
82%
16
80%
16
88%
15
100%
15
93%
15
87%
14
86%
12
83%
12
92%
11
90%
11
73%
11
91%
8
75%
7
100%
4
100%
4
100%
2
100%
1
100%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2020–23.[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
2023/4358
Details (following full perm.)
Approved
2023-11
2023/4241
Details (following full perm.)
Approved
2023-11
2023/4358
Details (following full perm.)
Approved
2023-11
2023/4241
Details (following full perm.)
Approved
2023-11
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Rolfe Judd Planning
2. Revive Renovations Ltd
3. Boyer Planning
4. Pad Architects LLP
At a glance
OfficerAlex Thwaites
BoroughWandsworth
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications352 (2020–23)
Approval rate89%
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 Wandsworth planning register and published decision notices, 2020–23. · 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 Wandsworth 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.