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Harlow District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Harlow District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates807Searchable applications
20Recorded as pending
88%Approval rate · 546 approved or refused records
66Refused applications
480 approved · 66 refused · 28 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 2009 to 14 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Link to the content Find a planning applicationLocal plan Planning policyConservation areas Conservation areas and listed buildingsArticle 4 directions Article 4 directions
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas19 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas14 mapped area records3 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- UnknownHW/HSE/25/00300
Single storey side rear extension with 0.2m high decking/platform
119 Doulton Close Harlow Essex CM17 9RL
Received 9 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/FUL/25/00301
Replacement of windows and door
151 Dads Wood Harlow Essex CM20 1JQ
Received 9 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/HSE/25/00302
Proposed Conservatory
128 Greygoose Park Harlow Essex CM19 4JH
Received 9 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/FUL/25/00303
Construction of a single storey rear extension to accommodate a bedroom, ensuite and an office space
35 Hawkenbury Harlow Essex CM19 4HY
Received 9 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/HSE/25/00304
Single storey rear extension (Amended Description Proposal)
62 Collins Meadow Harlow Essex CM19 4EW
Received 9 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/FUL/25/00305
Proposed new self-build, three-bedroom end-of-terrace dwelling with private amenity space and associated parking to the side of No. 3 Long Ley.
3 Long Ley Harlow Essex CM20 3NH
Received 9 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/TP/25/10023
T1 - Sycamore, fell as close to ground level as possible
14 Turnors Harlow Essex CM20 1EF
Received 9 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/HSE/25/00306
Erection of garden outbuilding
25 Home Close Harlow Essex CM20 3PB
Received 10 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/CND/25/00307
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 15 (External Materials) of planning permission HW/REMVAR/24/00073 for the construction of a special educational needs & disability (SEND) school and associated works.
Land Adjacent To Sir Frederick Gibberd College Tendring Road Harlow Essex
Received 10 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/CND/25/00308
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Arboricultural Method Statement), condition 4 (Precautionary Method Statement For Biodiversity), condition 5 (Habitat Management and Monitoring Plan), condition 6 (Programme of Archaeological Work), condition 7 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) and informative 3 (Biodiversity Net Gain) of planning permission HW/FUL/25/00069 for the demolition of existing buildings and erection of new school buildings with associated cycle parking, landscaping, multi-use games areas, reconfiguration of car parking and associated works
St Marks Rc Comprehensive School Tripton Road Harlow Essex CM18 6AA
Received 10 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/LDCP/25/00309
Use of dwelling as residential childrens home for up to two children
37 Upper Stoneyfield Harlow Essex CM19 4BD
Received 14 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/HSE/25/00310
Construction of a single storey rear extension
169 Ram Gorse Harlow Essex CM20 1QB
Received 14 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/CND/25/00311
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 14 (Residential Travel Packs) & condition 15 (Travel Plan) of planning permission HW/FUL/22/00226 for re-development of former service industry bays into a mixed-use development comprising of 116 no. 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments and 482sqm of E(g) commercial use with undercroft car parking, mews courtyard, landscaped podium and residential gardens
The Service Bays The Stow Harlow Essex
Received 14 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/LDCP/25/00312
Single storey rear extension
77 Wedhey Harlow Essex CM19 4AF
Received 14 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/HSE/25/00313
Modifications to utility door and window opening, providing front entrance powered wheel chair access
96 Westfield Harlow Essex CM18 6AG
Received 15 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/CND/25/00314
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 6 (Offsite Flooding) of planning permission HW/FUL/22/00547 for erection of 38 dwellings with associated works including access, parking and cycle infrastructure, landscaping, public art and public open spaces
Land East Of Windmill Fields Moor Hall Road Harlow Essex
Received 15 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/REMVAR/25/00316
Application for variation to condition 4 (Arboricultural Method Statement), condition 5 (Waste and Recycling Storage) & condition 7 (Hard and Soft Landscaping Proposals) of planning permission HW/FUL/24/00038 for the construction of 8 modular residential dwellings with associated hard landscaping and infrastructure
Former Garage Site Adjacent To 64 Lower Meadow Harlow Essex
Received 18 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/CND/25/00317
Application for discharge of condition 6 (Materials) of planning permission HW/FUL/22/00218 erection of 8 no. two-storey terraced homes for the provision of social housing. The proposals consist of the erection of two separate buildings to allow for the continuation of the access route off Arkwrights that leads to the Community Gardens
260 - 267 Arkwrights Harlow Essex
Received 18 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/LBC/25/00318
Proposed porch addition
20 Sheering Road Harlow Essex CM17 0LS
Received 21 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/HSE/25/00319
Retrospective planning permission for a single storey rear extension
38 Vince Dunn Mews Harlow Essex CM17 0FF
Received 22 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/CND/25/00320
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 15 (External Finish Materials) of planning permission HW/FUL/23/00331 for the erection of 6 no. new C3 apartments, two new Class E1 retail units and 1 no. wheelchair accessible family house, with associated new hard and soft landscape and parking
Redevelopment Of Elm Hatch Elm Hatch Harlow Essex CM18 6BH
Received 23 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/CND/25/00321
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 7 (Materials Details) of planning permission HW/FUL/22/00223 for the erection of two one-storey buildings for the purpose of creating 6 no. social housing bungalows for people over 55
The Yorkes Tye Green Village Harlow Essex
Received 23 Jul 2025 - UnknownHW/HSE/25/00322
Construction of a single storey 4m rear extension
64 Little Grove Field Harlow Essex CM19 4BX
Received 27 Aug 2025 - UnknownHW/HSE/25/00323
Construction of a single storey rear extension & alterations to the front entrance
6 Hare Street Springs Harlow Essex CM19 4AJ
Received 29 Jul 2025
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Harlow District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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