Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Harlow District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
480 approved · 66 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Connetic Howard Way Harlow Essex CM20 2SU
Received 12 Aug 20251 North Grove Harlow Essex CM18 6DX
Received 13 Aug 202553 Ram Gorse Harlow Essex CM20 1PY
Received 13 Aug 2025Land East Of Windmill Fields Moor Hall Road Harlow Essex
Received 13 Aug 2025166 Malkin Drive Harlow Essex CM17 9HL
Received 15 Aug 202516 Long Ley Harlow Essex CM20 3NH
Received 18 Aug 202512 Glebelands Harlow Essex CM20 2PA
Received 18 Aug 20252 Rye Hill Road Harlow Essex CM18 7JE
Received 18 Aug 20255 Petal Lane Newhall Harlow Essex CM17 9FF
Received 19 Aug 2025114 Latton Green Harlow Essex CM18 7ET
Received 19 Aug 202521 Burley Hill Harlow Essex CM17 9QQ
Received 19 Aug 20257 Potter Street Harlow Essex CM17 9AD
Received 19 Aug 20257 Potter Street Harlow Essex CM17 9AD
Received 19 Aug 2025101 Woodcroft Harlow Essex CM18 6YA
Received 20 Aug 2025Land Lying To The South Of Roydon Road Harlow Essex
Received 20 Aug 20251 Millersdale Harlow Essex CM19 4QP
Received 21 Aug 2025Land Lying To The South Of Roydon Road Harlow Essex
Received 21 Aug 2025David Lloyd Club Newhall Way Harlow Innovation Park Harlow Essex CM17 9XH
Received 22 Aug 202568 Old London Road Harlow Essex CM17 9HN
Received 4 Aug 202534 Priory Avenue Harlow Essex CM17 0HJ
Received 22 Aug 2025Proposed Powerrapid Data Centre Harlow Innovation Park Maypole Boulevard Harlow Innovation Park Harlow Essex
Received 21 Aug 202546 Church Leys Harlow Essex CM18 6DA
Received 25 Aug 202516 Mark Hall Moors Harlow Essex CM20 2ND
Received 26 Aug 2025Land West Of 38 Turnors Turnors Harlow Essex CM20 1EF
Received 26 Aug 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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