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Case officer · Islington Planning

Bill Barrows.

Last recorded decision Nov 2003 — no decisions in this record since

A case officer at Islington with an approval rate of 85% across 249 decided planning applications, spanning 6 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer249 decisions85% approval
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249
Applications
1996–03
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 79%80%199688%199791%199894%1999100%2000100%200177%200288%20030%2004
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What they decide — by application type
How they compareVersus peers
Approval rate85% · 85th of 222
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 Bill Barrows'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 Islington yet. Nothing is shown until it is real.

Decisions by ward
Ward
Decisions
Approval rate
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Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 1996–03.[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
P022137
Full Planning Application
Refused
2004-02-20
P030188
Refused
2004-01-16
P022137
Full Planning Application
Refused
2004-02-20
P030188
Refused
2004-01-16
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. WEIGHTMAN & BULLEN
2. NATHANIEL GEE ARCHITECT
3. MARSTON & LANGINGER LTD
4. PAPA ARCHITECTS LTD
At a glance
OfficerBill Barrows
BoroughIslington
RolePlanning officer
Experience
Applications249 (1996–03)
Approval rate85%
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 Islington planning register and published decision notices, 1996–03. · 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 Islington 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.