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Case officer · Havering Planning

Suzanne Terry.

Last recorded decision Jun 2024 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Havering with an approval rate of 80% across 443 decided planning applications, spanning 19 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer443 decisions80% approval
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443
Applications
2002–24
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 79%94%200368%200474%200580%200666%200774%200871%200986%201075%201191%201298%2013100%2014100%2015100%201683%2017100%2018100%2019100%2020
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate80% · 92nd of 169
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 reports520 officer reports parsed
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Approves despite concerns
of approvals record a documented reservation
—
Negotiated approvals
approvals mentioning revisions/amendments
5%
"On balance" reports
reports using explicit balancing language
67%
Bespoke reasoning
of report text written for the case, not recited
What they write about — vs Havering's average officer

Topic mentions per 1,000 words of their own report text (boilerplate stripped), indexed against all parsed Havering reports. Attention, not stance.

Bulk & massing
1.22× borough avg
Character & heritage
1.15× borough avg
Outlook & amenity
1.1× borough avg
Materials & detailing
1.06× borough avg
Energy & sustainability
1.06× borough avg

Mark = borough average (1×). Bar capped at 2×.

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In their own words

“As such, it is not considered this proposal would cause significant harm to the street scene given the current trend of neighbours gradually transitioning to more modern external finishes.”

P0024.24 · recommendation: It is recommended that planning permission be GRANTED subject to the condition(s) given at the end of the report

“Overall the proposed front dormer window fails to meet the above guidance, neither does it overcome the previous grounds for refusal, as it now proposes a wider dormer than before with an incongruous flat roof.”

P0065.24 · recommendation: It is recommended that planning permission be REFUSED for the reason(s) given at the end of the report

“Concerns were raised in representations that the proposed bulk and scale of the proposed dwelling would be harmful to the amenity of neighbours.”

P0076.24 · recommendation: It is recommended that planning permission be GRANTED subject to the condition(s) given at the end of the report

Measured from 520 published Havering officer reports written by this officer, with recited policy boilerplate stripped before any counting. These describe how this officer works and writes — they are not outcome predictions. Every quote is from a named public report.

Policy playbook — what this officer cites[3]

The policies this officer cites most in their own reports — times cited across 520 parsed reports. Whether refusals citing each survive appeal isn't traced per policy yet.

26Urban design
255 times cited
7Residential design and amenity
247 times cited
D4
204 times cited
D1
199 times cited
24Parking provision and design
161 times cited
T6
146 times cited
34Managing pollution
38 times cited
T6.1
20 times cited
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Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
57
71%
55
76%
41
95%
38
87%
34
74%
32
79%
24
76%
22
85%
20
93%
19
76%
19
72%
15
80%
14
83%
14
92%
12
70%
11
100%
7
50%
6
20%
1
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57
71%
55
76%
41
95%
Show all 19 rows
38
87%
34
74%
32
79%
24
76%
22
85%
20
93%
19
76%
19
72%
15
80%
14
83%
14
92%
12
70%
11
100%
7
50%
6
20%
1
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Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2002–24.[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
P0915.17
Full Planning Permission
Withdrawn
2021-03-04
P1218.19
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2020-08-07
P0915.17
Full Planning Permission
Withdrawn
2021-03-04
P1218.19
Full Planning Permission
Approved
2020-08-07
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. Rolfe Judd Planning Old Church Court Claylands Road London SW8
2. Plan Services
3. Hammond & Partners Bank Chambers
4. Ash Design Consultants Ltd Littlebrook Business Park Dartford Kent DA1
At a glance
OfficerSuzanne Terry
BoroughHavering
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications443 (2002–24)
Approval rate80%
London approval avg79%
Who decides here
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Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Havering planning register and published decision notices, 2002–24. · 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 — Havering's decision-notice parsing is limited coverage, so no borough or officer figure is shown.
  4. [4]"How this officer decides", the policy playbook and all quotes — parsed from 520 published Havering officer reports written by this officer, recited policy boilerplate stripped before counting; disposition text coded from their own reasoning with every quote machine-verified verbatim. Descriptive of how they work — not outcome predictions.
Methodology is published in full so every number is traceable to its primary source.