PLANNING permission for a nursery in Old Harlow has been approved by the Harlow Council planning committee. The application related to a single storey building on 7 Garden Terrace Road. The building was used by the Old Harlow Launderette and Dry Cleaners until recently. Statements…

THE LEADER of the Harlow Alliance Party has quizzed the leader of Harlow Council over the future of Elm Hatch in Waterhouse Moor. Nicholas Taylor asked Councillor Mark Ingall: “It is now some two and a half years since residents were invited to see plans…

A PLANNING application by the “owners” of Terminus House has not been approved by the Harlow Council planning committee. The committee met on Wednesday night via Zoom and made a decision to defer the decision to a future date. The applicant is IPE Harlow Ltd…

A PLANNING application to convert a redundant launderette into a daycare nursery has been put before the Harlow Council planning committee. The application relates to a single storey building on 7 Garden Terrace Road. The building was used by the Old Harlow Launderette and Dry…

THE Building Garden Communities programme, in partnership with SELEP (South East Local Enterprise Partnership), Essex Developers Group and Kent Developers Group, brought together a round table of experts on 24 September to discuss the government’s white paper on planning reforms and its potential impact on…

PLANS for 150 homes on Terminus Street are set to go before the Harlow Council planning committee. The proposal would involve the partial demolition of the existing car park and its redevelopment for a mixed-use development. The proposal would involve the erection of a part…

PLANNING permission for 49 homes in the town centre has been approved by the Harlow Council planning committee. The location is a car park area between Wetherspoons on Kitson Way and Third Avenue. The full discussion can be seen in the YouTube film below. Councillors…

COUNCILLORS across Essex have been lining up to raise concerns over the government’s proposed overhaul of the government planning system. They are especially worried about the changes to infrastructure levies, which they say threaten to be left at the door of taxpayers. The Government’s recent…

Epping Forest District Council confirms plans to build on Green Belt land around Harlow. By Nicholas Taylor Leader of Harlow Alliance Party ON 19 September I wrote about Harlow Council’s response to the Planning Inspectors letter which followed a publication of a report from The…

PLANS for close to 50 flats in Harlow Town Centre are set to go before the Harlow Council planning committee. The application is as follows: Erection of residential building ranging between 7 and 9 storeys to provide 49 flats (26 x 1 bed, 21 x…

A PLANNING application by a popular trampoline fitness company is set to return to the Harlow Council planning committee. Bounce are seeking what is called “retrospective” planning permission for a change of use of Enterprise House on Perry Road near Staple Tye to change one…

OUTLINE planning permission for the erection of three detached dwellings in Kingsdon Lane has been submitted. The application refers to No 14 Kingsdon Lane. Kingsdon Lane is off Potter Street in Harlow. Full details can be found below. https://planningonline.harlow.gov.uk/

By The Harlow Civic Society THE government white paper ‘Planning for the Future’ was published on August 6th 2020. Its stated aim is to make the planning system for development ‘simpler, faster and more predictable’. Ambitiously it declares that there needs to be ‘wholesale reform…

A BID to build a number of flats at Netteswell Hall on Park Lane has been submitted to the Harlow Council planning committee. An application was rejected back in August 2019. The new application is for thirteen houses and four flats. There has been a…