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Harlow Council Planning Applications

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120Applications (90 days)
5Major applications
94%Approval rate
52 daysMedian decision time
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HW/HSE/26/00347Householder<£10k

210 Hollyfield Harlow Essex CM19 4NG

Proposed front access ramp

Pending
HW/HSE/26/00341Householder£50k–100k

88 Collins Meadow Harlow Essex CM19 4EL

Construction of a two-storey rear extension and replacement of the attached garage

Pending
HW/FUL/26/00329Residential£100k–500k

Land Adjoining 63 Park Mead Park Mead Harlow Essex

Erection of 1 no. new dwelling with associated landscaping and parking

Pending
HW/FUL/26/00338IndustrialMajor£5m–20m

Site Of Former Akhter House Perry Road Harlow Essex CM18 7NS

Erection of light industrial/warehouse buildings, creation of vehicular accesses and associated development

Pending
HW/DEM/26/00303Householder

Residential Development At Garage Block 114-122 Jerounds Jerounds Harlow Essex

Demolition of garage block 114-122 Jerounds

Pending
HW/CND/26/00333Other

Greenwell Academy Tendring Road Harlow Essex CM18 6RN

Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Detailed Landscape Scheme), 16 (Landscape & Ecological Plan) & 19 (Electric Vehicle Provision) of planning permission HW/FUL/21/00625 for t

Pending
HW/ADV/26/00332Other

1 Burnt Mill Harlow Essex CM20 2UP

Installation of new 1 x externally illuminated fret cut letters, 5x vinyls

Pending
HW/PALHE/26/00331Householder£50k–100k

115 Chelsea Gardens Harlow Essex CM17 9RY

Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of new 4m deep extension

Pending
HW/HSE/26/00330Householder£10k–50k

13 Huntley Road Harlow Essex CM20 2PR

Construction of a single storey side extension to join house and garage

Pending
HW/FUL/26/00327Commercial£10k–50k

H S S Hire Group Plc Harmony Works Edinburgh Way Harlow Essex CM20 2DH

Alteration to existing shopfront with installation of condenser units, retractable awning, LED signage and wall lights

Pending
HW/FUL/26/00322Householder£10k–50k

154 Dads Wood Harlow Essex CM20 1JQ

Replacement windows and door

Pending
HW/ADV/26/00328Other

H S S Hire Group Plc Harmony Works Edinburgh Way Harlow Essex CM20 2DH

Display of Acrylic Fascia board Signs & 1 no. illuminated Protruding Sign

Pending
HW/LDCP/26/00324Householder£50k–100k

74 Ashworth Place Harlow Essex CM17 9PW

Construction of a single storey rear extension projecting 3m from the rear elevation, with a flat roof incorporating a roof lantern. Loft conversion including rear dormer extension and installation of

Pending
HW/TP/26/10038Other

202A Old Road Harlow Essex CM17 0HQ

(T39) - Horse Chestnut - Reduce trunk to below lowest diseased branch. (T40) - Horse Chestnut - Coppice to ground level stool as per EnviroArb-Solutions Ltd Report. (T41) - Horse Chestnut - Coppice to

Pending
HW/LDCP/26/00323Householder

Flat Block 58 To 62 The Chase Newhall Harlow Essex CM17 9JA

Replacement cladding to external of building

Pending

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Planning appeals in Harlow Council

When Harlow Council refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.

Harlow Council, raw rate

32.8%

of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand

Expected for this mix of appeals

30.1%

what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload

2.7 percentage points above expected. Harlow Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.

195 appeals counted, 186 judged either way (61 allowed, 125 dismissed), 9 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-08 to 2026-06.

By kind of appeal

Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.

Harlow Council appeal outcomes by appeal type, with the national rate for each type
Appeal typeCasesJudgedAllowedThis councilNational
Planning Appeal1101093330.3%28.8%
Householder (HAS)64602338.3%35.6%
Enforcement Notice1512433.3%13.5%
Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)331Too few judged33.3%
Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal210Too few judged25%
Lawful Development Certificate110Too few judged36.9%

“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.

Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.

Money behind development in Harlow Council

Developer contributions at Harlow Council

Harlow Council collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.

Affordable housing grant in Harlow Council

Beside what the council collected from developers, this is what central government confirmed: schemes in the area with grant agreed under the Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.

1
Confirmed scheme
16
Homes
£640,000
Grant requested
  • Social rent16 homes

Source: Homes England, schemes confirmed under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, published on GOV.UK as transparency data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as at 31 March 2025, the publication's own cut-off, so later schemes are not in them. Grant requested is the publisher's own figure at the point grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by the local authority name in the publication, which carries no planning reference.

About Harlow Council

Harlow Council is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.

SiteLens tracks the Harlow Council planning register daily and enriches every new application automatically. Each is AI-classified by category and trade, given an estimated value band and a plain-English project brief, mapped, and checked against constraint flags like flood zones, conservation areas and green belt. Where an application names an agent, SiteLens shows the firm and matches companies to Companies House. Pro adds the applicant's name, the directors and company health behind each match, and the agent's direct email and phone where the council or firm publishes them, so you know who to speak to about the scheme.

You can also browse the council's own planning register on the official Harlow Council planning portal.

Harlow Council approval rates by application type

Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months. A guide, not a guarantee.

  • householder86% (44 decided)
  • residential93% (15 decided)
  • commercial100% (9 decided)

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