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Case officer · Brent Planning

Samuel Gerstein.

A case officer at Brent with an approval rate of 77% across 638 decided planning applications, spanning 9 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer638 decisions77% approval
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638
Applications
2009–e
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 79%100%201078%201172%201279%201377%2014
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate77% · 88th of 230
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 Samuel Gerstein'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 this officer cites most across their decisions — how often each appears, and whether refusals citing it survive appeal.

In development — policy citations are coded from officer reports, and that parsing hasn't run for Brent yet. Nothing is shown until it is real.

Decisions by ward
Recent applications
Address
Reference
Type
Outcome
Date
13/2569
Householder
Withdrawn
2016-02-29
14/1719
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2014-12-12
13/2569
Householder
Withdrawn
2016-02-29
14/1719
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2014-12-12
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Truekiffin & Co
2. Saloria Architects
3. Webb Architects Limited
4. Kirkham Sheidow Architects
At a glance
OfficerSamuel Gerstein
BoroughBrent
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications638 (2009–e )
Approval rate77%
London approval avg79%
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 Brent planning register and published decision notices, 2009–e . · 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 — Brent'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.