A PLANNING bid to convert a property in the Harlow Town market square into a ten-bedroomed house of multiple occupation has been submitted to Harlow Council. The property in question is No 1 The Rows. The application called for the use of the second floor…

EARLIER this week, we reported that a bid to convert the White Horse pub in Old Harlow into homes had been rejected by the planning inspectorate. We had heard that residents are very concerned with what they have been left with. We went down to…

A PLANNING application to convert a house in Harlow into a children’s home has been submitted to Harlow Council. The application relates to 87 Cooks Spinney Harlow. The applicant is Emmanuel Oghagbon of Alphatree Homes Limited. In the application the company details their statement of…

THE White Horse pub in Old Harlow won’t be converted into homes, as the scheme would harm the building’s heritage value reports the planner.co.uk Walsh Properties Investments Limited sought permission to convert the building, a non-designated heritage asset, into a flat and a maisonette, along…

A PLANNING application for a house in Harlow to be converted into a children’s home has been submitted to Harlow Council. The property in question is 101 Woodcroft off Abercrombie Way in Harlow. This planning application seeks permission for the change of use of an…

A PLANNING application for allotments in the new Gilden Park development has been approved by Harlow Council’s planning committee. The allotments are just off Lark Road. The plan has 58 allotment plots and capacity for 60 greenhouses. The land is run by the Gilden Park…

AN Essex council has had its planning powers restored three years after the Government raised concerns about “poor performance” in how it made decisions on major applications reports the Local Democracy Reporter. Uttlesford Council has been handed back its full ability to decide on planning…

LONDON Stansted has submitted a planning application to Uttlesford District Council to increase its annual passenger limit up to 51 million over the next 20 years. The application seeks permission to make best use of Stansted’s existing single runway by the 2040s without any increase…

A FORMER police station in Hoddesdon can be converted into 27 flats, Broxbourne Borough Council’s planning committee has unanimously agreed. At a meeting last week (Tuesday, 20 May), councillors agreed with officers’ recommendation to grant planning permission for the proposals. The building on the west…

HARLOW Council is set to deliver on its promise to buy and redevelop Terminus House as part of its plan to build Harlow’s future. Next Thursday (5 June) councillors are expected to approve plans to purchase the 13-storey main building and 6-storey car park with…

A BID to increase the number of homes being built at the Bishop’s Stortford Goodsyard development has been approved by East Herts Council’s development management committee. At a meeting yesterday (Wednesday, May 21), the committee agreed to a further 423 properties being built on the site,…

THE council is set to buy Market House as it continues to deliver its mission to ‘rebuild our town’ with the redevelopment of the old Market Square set to commence states Harlow Council. This news follows the recent announcement that Harlow Council has purchased Adams…

A PLANNING application for a children’s home near The Stow is set to go before the Harlow Council planning committee. The application seeks to change 71 Great Plumtree from a dwelling house to a children’s care home. One of the reasons it will be going…

A PLANNING application to convert an OId Harlow house into a home for children leaving care has been submitted to Harlow Council. The application refers to an eleven bedroomed home at 1 Hart Road in Harlow. It states: Homz (The agent) has been instructed by…