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Case officer · Islington Planning

Nathaniel Baker.

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

A case officer at Islington with an approval rate of 70% across 260 decided planning applications, spanning 11 wards.[1] Decision speed and appeal performance publish when decision notices are ingested.

Planning officer260 decisions70% approval
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260
Applications
2011–24
Approval rate over time — tougher or softer 🔒Dashed line = London average
avg 79%71%201360%201491%201586%2016100%201750%2019100%2020
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What they decide — by application type
How they compare — Versus peers
Approval rate70% · 195th 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 Nathaniel Baker'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
42
83%
25
92%
19
79%
18
56%
17
65%
12
83%
12
58%
9
67%
7
57%
5
20%
3
67%
42
83%
25
92%
19
79%
Show all 11 rows
18
56%
17
65%
12
83%
12
58%
9
67%
7
57%
5
20%
3
67%

Where this officer's caseload concentrates, 2011–24.[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
P2019/2266/S73
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Approved
2020-01-23
P2019/2174/S73
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Approved
2019-12-20
P2019/2266/S73
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Approved
2020-01-23
P2019/2174/S73
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Approved
2019-12-20
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Consultants approved most— subscriber data
1. John Perrin & Co
2. HTA Design LLP
3. Currie & Brown Widnell
4. Deverill Jenkins Achitects Ltd
At a glance
OfficerNathaniel Baker
BoroughIslington
RolePlanning officer
Experience—
Applications260 (2011–24)
Approval rate70%
London approval avg79%
Who decides here
GovernmentMayor of LondonCouncilCommitteeOfficersDecisionsApplicantsInspectorate
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Sources & method
  1. [1]Applications decided, approval rate, per-year trend and ward breakdown — London Borough of Islington planning register and published decision notices, 2011–24. · 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 — 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.