Planning Inspectors past performance on Planning Appeal Decisions

Ever been dismayed to see your planning application allocated to a development management officer with reputation for refusing development? The sad fact of life is that not all officers are the same. The question is, does the same apply to planning inspectors?

Does it matter which Inspector decides your appeal?

Naturally PINS protests that all appeals are treated with the utmost professionalism and impartiality. Of course every Inspector tries hard to be fair. Nevertheless, Inspectors are human too and naturally each has their own personality, perspective and unique experience of life. Furthermore, the planning system is not a simple matter of applying tick-box assessments and clear rules; subjective judgements are required. Ultimately decision-making is down to the individual. Who the decision maker is does matter.

Individual Inspector’s past performance

To be open and transparent, the Planning Inspectorate publish annual statistics for each individual Planning Inspector. These are reproduced in the table at the foot of this page so you can see the track record of your appointed Inspector. Please note that a track record is only a reliable indicator where there are a significant number of appeals. The smaller the number of appeals, the less useful is the data. For example, if the number of appeals is less than 10 in any one category, the results will reflect the natural of the individual appeals more than the individual inspector.

Please note PINS’ caveats on use of the data detailed at the bottom of the table. They emphasise that all Inspectors must abide by rules of impartiality and that casework is allocated on the best balance of availability, geography, casework level and expertise. This may produce apparent patterns of outcome that are in fact artefacts of the way work is allocated and do not provide evidence as to an Inspector’s fitness for or approach to a particular case. Please bear these important caveats in mind when interpreting the % of appeals approved by your nominated Inspector.

Understanding your planning Inspector

It’s worth looking at previous appeal Decisions made by your nominated Inspector on developments similar to your own case, as it may highlight your Inspector’s thinking processes. For example, one Inspector may have a particular focus on design issues while another may emphasise landscape impact. A quick read of 5 – 10 previous decisions by your Inspector will help you understand their perspective better. It is particularly valuable to look at those appeals they have dismissed, so you can be better prepared to respond to the LPA’s Statement of Case in a manner that it also likely to address your Inspector’s likely concerns.
To find appeals by your nominated Inspector, search by Inspector using Appeal Finder’s search.

Appeals allowed by Inspector for the 12 months ending 31st March 2022

Source: PINS annual statistics, table 5.2; Please see the important notes at the end of table when interpreting the data.

Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
JD Allan	0	-	63	48%	0	-
M Allen	71	28%	18	28%	0	-
R Allen	5	20%	7	71%	0	-
M Andrews	20	30%	64	52%	0	-
M Aqbal	54	46%	12	25%	0	-
S Ashworth	13	23%	4	25%	0	-
R Aston	8	38%	2	0%	0	-
J Ayres	32	38%	10	90%	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
SRG Baird	11	45%	0	-	0	-
M Bale	72	33%	9	56%	0	-
D Barnes	10	30%	50	40%	0	-
R Barrett	2	100%	0	-	0	-
R Bartlett	17	24%	31	52%	0	-
H Baugh-Jones	2	50%	0	-	0	-
C Baxter	57	39%	17	41%	0	-
G Bayliss	7	14%	6	0%	0	-
C Beeby	24	17%	2	100%	0	-
JR Bell-Williamson	32	25%	35	17%	0	-
K Bennett	6	83%	8	38%	0	-
E Benson	11	55%	15	53%	0	-
P Biggers	15	47%	45	29%	0	-
J Blackwell	55	29%	42	31%	0	-
D Board	6	50%	0	-	0	-
D Boffin	2	0%	0	-	15	27%
V Bond	3	0%	0	-	21	5%
M Boniface	8	63%	2	100%	0	-
A Boughton	1	0%	16	31%	0	-
J Bowyer	113	36%	9	22%	0	-
JE Braithwaite	16	56%	0	-	21	19%
A Bremford	5	0%	3	33%	0	-
J Bridgwater	0	-	4	0%	0	-
S Britnell	35	23%	12	8%	0	-
M Brooker	36	31%	36	17%	0	-
S Brown	3	0%	0	-	18	39%
E Brownless	51	20%	9	22%	0	-
R Buchanan	48	13%	28	29%	0	-
T Burnham	60	35%	24	58%	0	-
H Butcher	14	7%	0	-	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
M Caine	52	21%	14	29%	0	-
A Caines	53	42%	32	47%	0	-
V Callister	33	24%	37	51%	0	-
D Carter	1	100%	0	-	0	-
S Castle	23	22%	8	0%	0	-
R Catchpole	1	100%	0	-	0	-
M Chalk	109	23%	11	45%	0	-
G Chamberlain	46	39%	4	0%	0	-
M Chandler	77	30%	28	50%	0	-
JL Cheesley	0	-	29	10%	0	-
I Chukwujekwu	16	25%	27	15%	0	-
J Clark	13	31%	46	24%	0	-
P Clark	2	100%	0	-	0	-
B Clarke	72	18%	27	15%	0	-
R Clegg	4	75%	0	-	0	-
D Cliff	20	45%	2	50%	0	-
M Clowes	1	0%	12	25%	0	-
L Coffey	8	25%	0	-	0	-
S Colebourne	6	17%	36	28%	0	-
L Conde	10	30%	11	36%	0	-
B Cook	1	0%	0	-	10	60%
A Coombes	0	-	34	21%	0	-
P Cooper	74	24%	28	21%	0	-
W Cooper	57	32%	20	60%	0	-
C Couper	22	32%	42	45%	0	-
T Courtney	12	25%	40	33%	0	-
C Coyne	58	24%	16	50%	0	-
D Cragg	62	27%	30	33%	0	-
JD Cramond	26	38%	34	29%	0	-
C Cresswell	24	54%	11	64%	0	-
R Cridland	2	50%	0	-	0	-
L Crosby	2	50%	0	-	0	-
D Cross	65	20%	24	13%	0	-
M Cryan	71	27%	21	10%	0	-
F Cullen	25	28%	6	50%	0	-
R Curnow	4	0%	0	-	39	15%
L Cuthbert	8	25%	8	50%	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
M Dakeyne	3	0%	0	-	0	-
AJ Dale	0	-	37	54%	0	-
B Davies	30	13%	7	57%	0	-
E Davies	2	0%	15	40%	0	-
G Davies	62	45%	1	0%	0	-
H Davies	21	33%	9	22%	0	-
ND Davies	60	37%	13	46%	0	-
N Davies	51	18%	15	20%	0	-
J Davis	17	35%	39	51%	0	-
A Dawe	5	100%	0	-	0	-
S Dean	56	48%	16	44%	0	-
G Deane	13	31%	58	26%	0	-
P Dignan	2	100%	0	-	14	36%
C Dillon	29	34%	6	50%	0	-
L Douglas	83	30%	21	52%	0	-
B Doward	1	0%	1	0%	0	-
KE Down	11	9%	15	60%	0	-
C Downes	1	100%	0	-	0	-
J Dowsett	28	43%	3	67%	0	-
GC Dudley	1	0%	0	-	32	81%
I Dyer	20	10%	6	17%	0	-
S Dyer	9	11%	0	-	35	14%
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
A Edgington	26	31%	9	33%	0	-
J Edwards	90	28%	12	33%	0	-
S Edwards	62	8%	5	60%	0	-
P Eggleton	10	10%	16	25%	0	-
D Ellis	14	21%	71	25%	0	-
G Ellis	15	13%	29	21%	0	-
H Ellison	50	20%	20	0%	0	-
J Evans	2	50%	14	7%	0	-
LJ Evans	22	14%	31	68%	0	-
MW Evans	0	-	15	13%	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
R Fallon	14	0%	1	100%	0	-
J Felgate	35	54%	1	100%	0	-
A Fish	29	24%	13	54%	0	-
D Fitzsimon	5	40%	51	24%	0	-
D Fleming	2	50%	0	-	11	55%
L Fleming	17	18%	0	-	0	-
C Ford	46	15%	15	0%	0	-
K Ford	2	50%	0	-	0	-
G Fort	1	100%	0	-	0	-
Z Franks	4	0%	0	-	23	35%
P Freer	4	0%	0	-	49	14%
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
T Gethin	26	54%	26	54%	0	-
L Gibbons	4	50%	0	-	0	-
J Gilbert	17	18%	2	0%	0	-
T Gilbert-Wooldridge	14	36%	5	20%	0	-
C Glaister	0	-	34	38%	0	-
S Glassar	78	17%	27	33%	0	-
G Gould	7	29%	5	60%	0	-
A Graham	13	15%	30	37%	0	-
J Graham	0	-	1	0%	5	20%
E Gray	7	14%	0	-	29	17%
JL Greenwood	6	67%	31	58%	0	-
E Grierson	30	33%	57	33%	0	-
E Griffin	5	0%	0	-	44	16%
P Griffiths	11	27%	0	-	0	-
S Griffiths	3	67%	6	67%	0	-
J Gunn	27	22%	24	29%	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
C Hall	25	44%	43	56%	0	-
R Hall	45	33%	14	21%	0	-
S Hand	7	43%	0	-	72	14%
P Hanna	9	33%	2	100%	0	-
S Hanson	5	0%	1	0%	45	13%
M Harbottle	1	0%	0	-	18	11%
S Harley	31	26%	15	33%	0	-
I Harrison	0	-	1	0%	0	-
N Harrison	14	57%	6	50%	0	-
D Hartley	43	23%	5	0%	13	8%
S Hartley	13	46%	26	54%	0	-
A Harwood	2	50%	0	-	13	23%
T Hatfield	26	31%	10	50%	0	-
S Hawkins	4	0%	0	-	59	12%
M Hayden	1	0%	0	-	0	-
J Hebblethwaite	2	0%	1	0%	0	-
D Hendley	40	25%	25	60%	0	-
H Heward	5	40%	0	-	0	-
S Heywood	1	0%	1	0%	0	-
H Higenbottam	1	100%	0	-	15	53%
ZH Hill	1	0%	0	-	0	-
R Hitchcock	74	34%	25	44%	0	-
H Hockenhull	26	38%	7	43%	0	-
P Hocking	3	0%	0	-	46	24%
J Hockley	4	50%	0	-	0	-
S Holden	16	31%	3	67%	0	-
N Holdsworth	9	22%	1	0%	0	-
S Housden	7	14%	16	31%	0	-
M Howell	21	29%	9	33%	0	-
C Humphrey	1	0%	1	100%	0	-
S Hunt	16	25%	2	100%	0	-
A Hunter	18	28%	4	50%	0	-
J Hunter	27	26%	9	56%	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
S Indermaur	0	-	19	16%	0	-
C Jack	6	17%	1	0%	0	-
P Jackson	11	45%	2	50%	0	-
R Jackson	17	41%	3	67%	0	-
P Jarratt	3	33%	0	-	29	24%
P Jarvis	18	22%	15	40%	0	-
I Jenkins	2	0%	0	-	0	-
W Johnson	48	35%	13	54%	0	-
J Jolly	70	20%	23	22%	0	-
D Jones	17	24%	10	20%	0	-
E Jones	2	50%	0	-	10	20%
G Jones	11	73%	2	50%	0	-
M Jones	74	35%	19	42%	0	-
P Jones	2	50%	12	58%	0	-
RM Jones	8	38%	40	50%	0	-
RE Jones	63	33%	18	44%	0	-
RS Jones	0	-	0	-	21	33%
A Jordan	2	50%	0	-	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
G Kean	4	25%	0	-	12	42%
T Kemmann-Lane	55	40%	9	33%	0	-
T King	1	0%	0	-	6	50%
R Kirby	4	0%	5	40%	0	-
K Langford-Tejrar	21	19%	40	43%	0	-
T Law	43	28%	26	31%	0	-
EA Lawrence	7	29%	30	37%	0	-
S Lee	16	19%	0	-	0	-
CJ Leigh	17	35%	17	41%	0	-
S Leonard	68	28%	12	33%	0	-
D Lewis	3	33%	0	-	23	43%
I Lloyd	0	-	0	-	2	50%
H Lock	7	0%	35	23%	0	-
M Long	0	-	29	38%	0	-
J Longmuir	57	47%	5	60%	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
R MacLeod	76	33%	3	0%	0	-
M Madge	0	-	0	-	31	35%
A Mageean	4	75%	0	-	0	-
FM Mahoney	2	100%	0	-	0	-
PJ Major	14	29%	2	0%	0	-
S Manchester	53	13%	21	38%	0	-
J Manning	6	67%	2	50%	0	-
O Marigold	8	0%	13	15%	0	-
P Martinson	52	19%	20	30%	0	-
C Masters	4	75%	0	-	0	-
R McAndrew	5	20%	32	38%	0	-
A McCormack	2	0%	0	-	0	-
D McCreery	33	48%	0	-	0	-
C McDonagh	80	15%	22	14%	0	-
K McDonald	13	46%	5	80%	0	-
A McGlone	34	35%	11	27%	0	-
N McGurk	4	25%	57	30%	0	-
I McHugh	4	50%	33	42%	0	-
L McKay	12	8%	0	-	0	-
C Megginson	8	38%	10	20%	0	-
R Merrett	11	27%	0	-	31	55%
PA Metcalfe	0	-	23	74%	0	-
C Miell	23	35%	4	50%	0	-
P Mileham	17	12%	5	20%	0	-
H Miles	79	27%	19	32%	0	-
M Milliken	3	67%	4	0%	0	-
D Moore	1	0%	0	-	39	49%
R Morgan	31	39%	17	41%	0	-
J Moss	7	43%	0	-	30	33%
C Mulloy	10	10%	10	10%	0	-
D Murray	33	39%	18	56%	0	-
J Murray	2	50%	0	-	12	50%
B Muston	0	-	10	30%	0	-
MJ Muston	1	100%	12	75%	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
R Newsome	3	33%	17	24%	0	-
H Nicholls	74	30%	22	55%	0	-
DR Nicholson	1	0%	0	-	0	-
A Nilsson	67	27%	25	28%	0	-
R Norman	8	63%	1	0%	0	-
S Normington	7	43%	3	100%	0	-
M Nunn	2	100%	0	-	0	-
L Nurser	4	50%	0	-	0	-
L O'Brien	21	10%	7	43%	0	-
H O'Connor	63	27%	11	45%	0	-
A O'Doherty	75	16%	19	5%	0	-
M Ollerenshaw	59	19%	21	14%	0	-
H Orr	0	-	0	-	12	8%
C Osgathorp	49	18%	11	55%	0	-
A Owen	75	36%	9	67%	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
L Page	41	12%	5	0%	0	-
N Palmer	19	37%	1	100%	0	-
G Pannell	72	29%	16	44%	0	-
SJ Papworth	10	60%	0	-	0	-
CJA Parker	16	50%	8	75%	0	-
R Parker	58	40%	11	36%	0	-
A Parkin	7	0%	1	0%	0	-
J Parsons	48	23%	11	9%	0	-
A Partington	16	31%	29	38%	0	-
E Pearson	7	43%	10	50%	0	-
KJ Peerless	2	0%	0	-	8	50%
L Perkins	2	0%	0	-	18	22%
R Perrins	1	0%	0	-	16	6%
A Phillips	5	20%	0	-	34	9%
B Phillips	22	14%	45	42%	0	-
M Philpott	26	23%	16	56%	0	-
A Pinto	5	20%	4	25%	0	-
C Pipe	17	47%	33	45%	0	-
R Pipkin	57	16%	12	42%	0	-
E Pleasant	4	50%	0	-	39	28%
B Plenty	76	36%	31	45%	0	-
S Poole	13	23%	32	19%	0	-
N Pope	19	5%	1	0%	0	-
H Porter	5	40%	1	100%	0	-
N Praine	13	38%	13	31%	0	-
D Prentis	21	38%	0	-	0	-
C Preston	0	-	5	60%	0	-
A Price	16	38%	12	42%	0	-
J Price	28	32%	0	-	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
I Radcliffe	28	36%	9	11%	0	-
C Rafferty	38	18%	21	10%	0	-
F Rafiq	53	40%	18	28%	0	-
E Randle	27	33%	35	29%	0	-
J Rann	29	24%	9	0%	0	-
Z Raygen	14	36%	3	33%	0	-
R Redford	11	0%	12	50%	0	-
D Reed	27	37%	11	27%	0	-
JC Reid	19	21%	15	13%	0	-
L Renaudon	3	33%	0	-	28	43%
S Rennie	79	35%	15	53%	0	-
G Robbie	50	42%	20	35%	0	-
K Robbie	14	14%	15	47%	0	-
G Roberts	14	36%	52	50%	0	-
J Roberts	5	40%	1	100%	26	27%
M Robins	3	67%	0	-	0	-
BS Rogers	0	-	0	-	20	35%
G Rollings	17	47%	0	-	0	-
DMH Rose	9	56%	4	50%	0	-
P Rose	6	67%	0	-	0	-
JL Russell	1	0%	0	-	2	50%
M Russell	71	14%	32	19%	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
R Sabu	75	17%	6	33%	0	-
J Sargent	30	37%	1	100%	0	-
R Satheesan	4	0%	0	-	58	12%
K Savage	85	35%	20	35%	0	-
M Savage	6	17%	0	-	58	22%
K Saward	1	0%	0	-	7	29%
R Schofield	1	100%	0	-	0	-
A Scott	59	8%	30	13%	0	-
M Scriven	6	17%	0	-	0	-
C Searson	2	50%	0	-	0	-
M Seaton	2	50%	0	-	0	-
M Seddon	5	0%	18	39%	0	-
P Sedgwick	14	36%	41	29%	0	-
G Self	0	-	0	-	5	0%
H Senior	10	20%	34	18%	0	-
C Shearing	16	38%	14	50%	0	-
C Sherratt	2	0%	0	-	23	39%
T Shields	4	25%	0	-	23	13%
M Shrigley	7	29%	5	0%	0	-
RC Shrimplin	15	47%	43	47%	0	-
G Sibley	13	38%	59	41%	0	-
L Simpson	60	18%	18	44%	0	-
BJ Sims	1	0%	0	-	0	-
P Singleton	1	0%	7	14%	0	-
M Small	48	23%	7	29%	0	-
A Smith	96	32%	10	20%	0	-
D Smith	53	32%	8	38%	0	-
H Smith	15	7%	12	33%	0	-
J Somers	24	21%	50	30%	0	-
D Spencer	30	33%	3	33%	0	-
A Spencer-Peet	72	33%	24	50%	0	-
P Staddon	15	20%	1	0%	0	-
G Stallwood	0	-	3	67%	0	-
A Steen	3	0%	0	-	34	9%
HR Stephens	4	100%	0	-	0	-
K Stephens	13	23%	21	24%	20	10%
K Stone	0	-	3	0%	0	-
M Sturgess	24	42%	4	25%	0	-
A Sutton	8	13%	37	22%	0	-
E Symmons	5	20%	3	33%	0	-
J Symmons	2	0%	15	7%	0	-
G Symons	2	0%	0	-	34	12%
D Szymanski	61	13%	8	38%	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
J Taylor	6	50%	0	-	0	-
KA Taylor	56	25%	18	28%	0	-
K Taylor	0	-	4	50%	0	-
B Thandi	74	38%	19	26%	0	-
G Thomas	16	63%	11	73%	0	-
M Thomas	5	60%	10	20%	0	-
N Thomas	5	0%	0	-	38	24%
R Thomas	0	-	33	42%	0	-
S Thomas	13	8%	4	0%	0	-
A Thompson	4	50%	6	17%	0	-
F Thompson	2	100%	0	-	43	28%
P Thompson	54	28%	12	17%	0	-
C Tivey	9	22%	49	41%	0	-
D Troy	10	40%	39	18%	0	-
A Tucker	73	30%	18	56%	0	-
S Tudhope	42	26%	7	71%	0	-
J Tweddle	34	18%	3	0%	0	-
Inspector/ Decision Maker	s78 planning appeals no. decided 2021/22	s78 planning appeals % allowed 2021/22	Householder appeals no. decided 2021/22	Householder appeals % allowed 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals no. decided 2021/22	Enforcement notice appeals % allowed 2021/22
G Underwood	20	0%	8	38%	0	-
JA Vyse	6	33%	0	-	0	-
A Walker	0	-	0	-	1	0%
AJD Walker	3	33%	0	-	37	30%
R Walker	41	32%	17	41%	0	-
D Wallis	15	20%	0	-	0	-
R Walmsley	46	17%	12	25%	0	-
S Warder	12	8%	6	33%	0	-
PJG Ware	7	43%	0	-	0	-
SMJ Watson	76	36%	9	22%	0	-
S Watson	11	36%	0	-	0	-
B Webb	68	37%	7	57%	0	-
M Webb	0	-	38	37%	0	-
J Westbrook	10	10%	41	41%	0	-
J Whalley	0	-	0	-	4	75%
AJ Wharton	1	0%	0	-	18	0%
P Whelan	24	46%	6	50%	0	-
P White	9	22%	9	67%	0	-
M Whitehead	5	40%	0	-	0	-
J Whitfield	3	33%	0	-	23	9%
J Wilde	24	33%	6	33%	0	-
B Wilders	5	0%	0	-	0	-
G Wildgoose	1	0%	7	43%	0	-
DA Wildsmith	2	50%	0	-	0	-
F Wilkinson	76	26%	18	33%	0	-
ST Wilkinson	31	42%	2	50%	0	-
J Williamson	45	38%	11	9%	0	-
S Willis	68	32%	21	52%	0	-
P Willmer	3	33%	38	39%	0	-
P Willows	5	0%	0	-	34	29%
J Wilson	3	33%	16	25%	0	-
L Wilson	63	27%	23	26%	0	-
K Winnard	0	-	34	35%	0	-
S Witherley	18	33%	30	63%	0	-
T Wood	37	30%	8	13%	0	-
M Woodward	3	100%	1	0%	0	-
O Woodwards	23	57%	1	100%	0	-
JF Woolcock	7	0%	0	-	0	-
M Worden	3	100%	0	-	0	-
E Worthington	12	25%	4	50%	0	-
G Wraight	70	24%	20	40%	0	-
G Wyatt	65	25%	13	38%	0	-
D Wyborn	57	35%	14	14%	0	-
D Young	5	60%	11	82%	0	-
*PINS notes accompanying the above data:* 1. A decision maker is listed in the above table if they have made at least one decision in the relevant period. Cases where the Inspector reported to the Secretary of State are not included. 2. We deal with our casework following the principles of fairness, openness and impartiality. Our decisions take account of: • published national, regional and local policies, • relevant planning issues and material considerations; and • published national, regional and local policies, • the views of all the parties. 3. Decision Makers are bound by the Code of Conduct www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-conduct 4. Please note that the Planning Inspectorate will not entertain a challenge to the appointment of any Decision Maker on the basis of this data. 5. For your information - All cases are considered on their individual merits, and on the basis of the evidence submitted. - Targets are not set for the percentage of allowed and dismissed cases. - Decision Makers do not select their own casework. - Casework is allocated to Decision Maker on the best balance of availability, geography, casework level and expertise. This may produce apparent patterns of outcome that are in fact artefacts of the way work is allocated and do not provide evidence as to an Inspector's fitness for or approach to a particular case. - Decision Makers handle different numbers of cases in a year – some dealing with as few as one which would give a result of 100% allowed or 100% dismissed. All instances in the following tables where the result is in whole percentage points are likely to be a result of a very small number of cases. - Decision Makers are rigorously trained to ensure that they develop and maintain the skills necessary to undertake the work that they are given. These skills will influence the type of cases they deal with. - Some appeals are linked together as they relate to the same or similar development on the same site – where this is the case it is likely that they will have a similar outcome, but each has been treated separately for the production of the percentages. - The Inspectorate has an exacting Ministerial target which requires all casework to be 99% free from justified complaint or legal challenge. - A Decision Maker constitutes a selected person appointed to carry out: open, impartial, honest decisions on behalf of the Secretary of State. 6. Enforcement Notice Appeals % allowed includes the following outcomes - Allowed, Planning permission granted, Quashed on Legal Grounds, Notice Quashed, Split Decision, Enforcement Notice Withdrawn During Inquiry.

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