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Case officer · Camden Planning

Max Smith.

Last recorded decision Jan 2011 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Camden with an approval rate of 59% across 17 decided planning applications, spanning 6 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer17 decisions59% approval
Wards shaded by approval rate · click one to open it
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17
Applications
2010–11
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 79%50%2011100%2012
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate59% · 416th of 429
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 Max Smith'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 Camden yet. Nothing is shown until it is real.

Recent applications
Address
Reference
Type
Outcome
Date
2011/4445/P
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2012-02-29
2011/4445/P
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2012-02-29
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data

No named planning consultants on this officer's decided applications.

At a glance
OfficerMax Smith
BoroughCamden
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications17 (2010–11)
Approval rate59%
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 Camden planning register and published decision notices, 2010–11. · 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 Camden 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.