Harlow planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Harlow Council, updated daily. Harlow Council received 124 planning applications in the last 90 days, 6 of them major schemes. 91% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 49 days.
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Recent applications in Harlow
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Street Record Parsloe Road Harlow Essex
Outline residential scheme with access approval, Harlow adjoining authority consultation. Homes, open space, play areas and drainage on land south of Parsloe Road, access only fixed. Groundworks, drainage and hard landscaping open first, with frame and brickwork packages following reserved matters.
GroundworksDrainageHard landscaping
1 - 36 The Lawn Harlow Essex CM20 2JX
36-flat refurbishment and fire safety scheme, Harlow, full application. Internal and external works to an existing 36-flat block at full application stage, including fire safety remediation. Facade repair, fire compartmentation and alarm fit-out, and joinery replacement open packages for specialist…
Façade repairFit-outJoinery
1 - 36 The Lawn Harlow Essex CM20 2JX
36-flat listed block refurbishment and fire safety works, Harlow, consent sought. Listed building consent for refurbishing 36 flats at The Lawn, including fire safety remediation. Scaffolding, facade repair and fire door and alarm installation open for specialist subcontractors.
Façade repairFit-outM&E
PHE Coldharbour Road Harlow Essex CM19 5AD
EIA screening for 45,000 sqm demolition, Harlow. Screening opinion covering Energy Centre H39, SC1 with link bridge and Tank Farm, about 45,000 sqm GIA. Hazardous strip-out, asbestos removal and decommissioning contractors should position now, as demolition scope will likely follow.
Demolition
Residential Development At Garage Block 1 To 9 And 24 To 32 Barley Croft Barley Croft Harlow Essex
Demolition of 17 garage blocks at Barley Croft, Harlow. Removes ancillary structures across the residential site with no replacement building. Site clearance only; no new construction follows.
Demolition
Purford Green Primary School Purford Green Harlow Essex CM18 6HP
SEND nurture building retention, Harlow Primary School. Retains an existing single-storey modular building as a sensory facility for SEND pupils, adding boundary screening, at full application stage. Timber screening and post-footing contractors are the local opportunity; the modular unit is…
JoineryGroundworks
10 - 11 The Stow Harlow Essex CM20 3AH
Shopfront alteration to a retail unit, Harlow, full application. Reconfigures the ground-floor frontage of 10-11 The Stow, an existing shop, at full application stage. Glazing, shopfront joinery and fascia work are the packages for local shopfitters and glaziers.
GlazingJoinery
19 Park Lane Harlow Essex CM20 2QQ
Proposed lawful development certificate for Harlow loft conversion, rear dormer. Confirms the loft alterations at 19 Park Lane need no full planning permission, covering a rear dormer and front rooflights. Roofing, joinery and steel for the dormer are the packages to pursue once the certificate is…
1 East Park Harlow Essex CM17 0SF
Retrospective consent for single-storey rear extension and garden room, Harlow. Regularises completed works—a rear extension and detached garden room—at full application stage. Brickwork, roofing and glazing packages are already in place; surveyor sign-off and final compliance are the live items.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
17 Elmbridge Harlow Essex CM17 0JU
Single-storey rear extension, Harlow, under permitted-development prior approval. Adds ground-floor living space to an existing house at prior approval stage. Brickwork, roofing, groundworks and glazing packages suit local subcontractors.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
Unit 4 Midas River Way Harlow Essex CM20 2GJ
Escape ladder installation on an existing Harlow industrial unit, full application. A fixed metal ladder runs from roof level to ground on the rear corner of Unit 4, Midas River Way. Steel fabrication, fixings and galvanised finish are the packages for a local metalwork fabricator.
Steel
10 The Rows Harlow Essex CM20 1BZ
ATM installation at a Harlow commercial unit. Adds a cash machine to an existing frontage at full application stage. Electrical connection and secure fixing, plus minor fit-out around the machine, suit local electrical and shopfitting subcontractors.
Fit-outM&E
STREET RECORD Temple Bank Harlow Essex
Proposed upgrade of the existing telecommunications base station comprising the removal of the existing 20m high lattice mast and the installation of a replacement 20m high monopole mast with headfram
Land East Of Windmill Fields Moor Hall Road Harlow Essex
First Homes eligibility confirmation under a Harlow S106 agreement, tied to parent scheme HW/FUL/22/00547. Confirms affordable-tenure criteria for homes on the Moor Hall Road site without authorising physical works. Signals the parent residential scheme is progressing toward occupation, so…
Land East Of Windmill Fields Moor Hall Road Harlow Essex
Harlow First Homes eligibility confirmation under S106, Moor Hall Road. Confirms First Homes eligibility terms tied to parent permission HW/FUL/22/00547 on land east of Windmill Fields. Affordable plots are nearing handover, so finishing trades and kitchen and bathroom supply orders for those homes…
Planning appeals in Harlow Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Harlow Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Harlow Council, raw rate
32.8%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
30.1%
national rates applied to this caseload
2.7 percentage points above expected. Harlow Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
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
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 30.3% | 28.8% | 110 | 109 | 33 |
| Householder (HAS) | 38.3% | 35.6% | 64 | 60 | 23 |
| Enforcement Notice | 33.3% | 13.5% | 15 | 12 | 4 |
3 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | Too few judged | 33.3% | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | Too few judged | 25% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | Too few judged | 36.9% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Money behind development in Harlow Council
Harlow Council's developer contribution register is not yet in SiteLens.
Affordable housing grant in Harlow Council
What central government confirmed: schemes in the area with Homes England grant agreed.
- Social rent16 homes
Source: Homes England Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026, GOV.UK transparency data, as at 31 March 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Grant requested is the figure when grant was confirmed, not money drawn down. Schemes are placed by local authority name.
Harlow Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder86% (77 decided)
- residential87% (23 decided)
- other100% (21 decided)
- commercial100% (11 decided)
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