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🕵️ Case Officer Intelligence

Go beyond authority-level data. Understand individual case officer behaviour — approval rates, decision speed, refusal patterns, and what they focus on. Intelligence your competitors don't have.

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⚠️ Data limitations on this profile. Of 16 decisions, 1 (6%) have outcomes that couldn't be cleanly classified as approved or refused (e.g. "decided", "advice given", non-material amendments). The approval rate below is calculated from only the 15 clearly approved/refused decisions.

Known data gaps: our Idox scrape covers Gateshead, Sunderland, and Northumberland from late 2023 onwards. Newcastle Upon Tyne data is NOT in our corpus (the council's planning portal blocks IONOS shared-hosting IPs). If you're looking for a Newcastle case officer, their decisions won't appear here even if the officer name matches.

🕵️ Sarah Wilsher · West Somerset

Total Decisions

100%

Approval Rate

70 days

Avg. Decision Time

Refusals

Aug 2026

Earliest Decision

Oct 2026

Latest Decision

📊 Application Type Breakdown

Application Type	Total	Approved	Refused	Other	Approval Rate
Unknown	16	15	0	1	100%

⏱️ Decision Speed Distribution

Under 4 weeks

4–8 weeks

8–13 weeks

13–26 weeks

Over 26 weeks

📋 Decision History (16 most recent)

Reference	Address	Type	Decision	Date	Days
3/21/26/046	Cherry Trees, 12 Glenmore Road, Minehead, TA24 5BQ	—	Approved	23 Oct 2026	84
3/16/26/004	Bowling Green Cottage, Hodders Combe Road, Holford, Bridgwater, TA5 1SA	—	Approved	23 Oct 2026	67
3/21/26/048	47 Parkhouse Road, Minehead, TA24 8AD	—	Approved	23 Oct 2026	64
3/21/26/049	Flat 1, Chapel House, Periton Road, Minehead, TA24 8DX	—	Approved	23 Oct 2026	64
3/21/26/057	17 King George Road, Minehead, TA24 5JD	—	Withdrawn	20 Oct 2026	14
3/21/26/045	2 Church Farm Cottages, Church Road, Minehead, TA24 5JR	—	Approved	05 Oct 2026	70
3/32/26/015	Marshgrass, Gorpit Lane, Stolford, Stogursey, Bridgwater, TA5 1TW	—	Approved	02 Oct 2026	42
3/17/26/002	Washbattle Mill Cottage, New House Plain, Huish Champflower, Wiveliscombe, Taunton, TA4 HJ	—	Approved	01 Oct 2026	64
3/07/26/010	The Bungalow, Crowcombe Road, Crowcombe, Bishops Lydeard, TA4 4AE	—	Approved	17 Sep 2026	66
3/21/26/039	29 Blenheim Road, Minehead, TA24 5PZ	—	Approved	17 Sep 2026	66
3/33/26/002	Steepholm, 1 Kilton Road, Kilton, Kilve, Nether Stowey, TA5 1ST	—	Approved	07 Sep 2026	61
3/38/26/003	Silver Leaves, Weacombe Road, West Quantoxhead, Williton, TA4 4EA	—	Approved	04 Sep 2026	57
3/37/26/008	18A St Decumans Road, Watchet, TA23 0AT	—	Approved	02 Sep 2026	56
3/39/26/002	Arden Cottage, 33 Long Street, Williton, TA4 4QU	—	Approved	19 Aug 2026	208
3/37/26/006	18A St Decumans Road, Watchet, TA23 0AT	—	Approved	19 Aug 2026	79
3/21/26/035	Robin Hill, The Ball, Minehead, TA24 5JJ	—	Approved	19 Aug 2026	61

🧠 Strategy Insight

This officer has a high approval rate (100%). They appear to be generally supportive of development. Focus on ensuring your application is policy-compliant and well-presented — straightforward applications should progress smoothly.

What Makes This Different

📊 Officer Approval Rates

See each officer's personal approval rate, not just the authority average. Know whether your officer approves 95% or 65% of applications.

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⏱️ Decision Speed Profile

Average days to decision per officer. Know if your officer is fast (under 8 weeks) or chronically slow — and plan your timeline accordingly.

Officer-level granularity

🚫 Refusal Pattern Analysis

What does this officer refuse on most? Design? Highways? Amenity? Heritage? Know their focus areas and address them proactively.

Deep refusal analytics

⚖️ Appeal Overturn Rate

How often are this officer's refusals overturned on appeal? A high overturn rate suggests the officer is too strict — useful for your appeal strategy.

Appeal data linked to officers

🏛️ Committee vs Delegated Split

Does this officer usually decide under delegated powers, or do their cases end up at committee? Different preparation needed for each route.

Committee/delegated tracking

🧠 Strategic Advice

Based on the officer's patterns, get tailored advice: what to emphasise in your planning statement, what issues to pre-empt, and how to frame your scheme.

AI-powered strategy layer

📡 Data Pipeline

Officer intelligence is generated from planning application decision data. As more authorities are ingested into PlanningCore, officer profiles become richer and more accurate.

📊 Data sources & freshness

planning_applications.case_officer (updated Daily ingest)
Live ingest from LPA portals (Idox + Civica + Northgate). Coverage varies by council — leading LPAs publish on every record, others publish only on committee reports.
Approval rate calculation
approvals / (approvals + refusals) per officer. Withdrawn and pending applications are excluded.
Date window
Stats reflect the entire decision history for the officer, not a rolling window. Recent volume changes can shift the averages.

About this tool: Case Officer Intelligence

Individual case officer profiling — approval rates, decision speed, refusal patterns, appeal overturn rates, and tailored submission strategy advice.

When to use it

Use when you know which officer is assigned to your case, or to research officer behaviour in an authority before submitting. Deep officer behaviour analytics exclusive to PlanningCore.

Policy and guidance it draws on

Data-driven analysis of individual officer decision patterns

Part of Authority Intelligence

Use these tools to understand how your Local Planning Authority behaves — what they approve, what they refuse, how often appeals succeed, and what strategy gives you the best chance. This is behavioural intelligence, not just policy research.

Guidance to help you prepare — not formal planning advice. Check the current policy text and your council's local plan before relying on it.