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480 approved · 66 refused · 28 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
113 Shawbridge Harlow Essex CM19 4NW
Received 26 Sept 202577 Wedhey Harlow Essex CM19 4AF
Received 1 Oct 20252 Fesants Croft Harlow Essex CM20 2JS
Received 2 Oct 20257 Herons Wood Harlow Essex CM20 1RW
Received 6 Oct 2025336 The Hides Harlow Essex CM20 3QY
Received 6 Oct 2025Netteswell Hall Park Lane Harlow Essex CM20 2QH
Received 7 Oct 2025Katherines House Brookside Harlow Essex
Received 8 Oct 2025Greyhound Car Park School Lane Harlow Essex CM20 2QB
Received 8 Oct 2025Proposed Development At UNIT 3-5 Velocity Parkway Harlow Essex
Received 8 Oct 202562 Great Plumtree Harlow Essex CM20 2NU
Received 9 Oct 202525 Alexander Mews Harlow Essex CM17 9BX
Received 9 Oct 2025Netteswell Tower Netteswell Orchard Harlow Essex CM20 2QN
Received 6 Oct 2025Balaton Harberts Road Harlow Essex CM19 4EU
Received 10 Oct 202513 Bird Cherry Lane Harlow Essex CM17 0FR
Received 10 Oct 2025Phase 3A Countryside High Chase Newhall Harlow Essex
Received 10 Oct 202537 Upper Stoneyfield Harlow Essex CM19 4BD
Received 13 Oct 2025Flat Complex 167-204 Pennymead Harlow Essex CM20 3JE
Received 14 Oct 2025Hester House Hodings Road Harlow Essex
Received 14 Oct 20256 Bentley Drive Harlow Essex CM17 9PA
Received 14 Oct 2025366 Longbanks Harlow Essex CM18 7PG
Received 14 Oct 202519 Arkwrights Harlow Essex CM20 3LT
Received 14 Oct 20251 - 2 Roydonbury Industrial Estate Horsecroft Road Harlow Essex CM19 5BZ
Received 14 Oct 2025Redevelopment Of Harlow Bus Station And Adjacent Land Terminus Street Harlow Essex CM20 1XA
Received 14 Oct 202514 Turnors Harlow Essex CM20 1EF
Received 15 Oct 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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