A COMPANY co-run by EastEnders star, Davood Ghadami, is bidding to build thirty houses on the edge of Harlow Town Park The application is for the erection of “Thirty Dwellings and Associated Parking and Landscaping on Netteswell Hall, Park Lane, Harlow. It has been submitted…

THE OWNERS of a popular dog grooming parlour have been granted planning permission to develop the empty pavilion on The Stow playing fields. The decision was made at a Wednesday night meeting of the Harlow Council planning committee. Objections were made by local residents. Film…

PLANS for new dwellings and shops for the Elm Hatch area have been submitted to Harlow Council’s planning department. Elm Hatch is in the Waterhouse Moor area of the town. The application is aiming for the “Development of Elm Hatch and Adjacent Garage Area to…

THE DEADLINE is looming for anyone who wishes to object to an application for a Premier Inn Hotel in Church Langley. The deadline is Wednesday May 23rd. The application is for the erection of three storey, 46 Bedroom Premier Inn Hotel with Plant Compound, Additional…

ANOTHER office block in Harlow is set to be converted into flats. Harlow Council has granted permission for part of the ground floor of the Peartree Business Centre to be converted for residential use. The Peartree Centre is on South Road at Edinburgh Way. Permission…

HARLOW Council has been forced to pay costs after rejecting a planning application for homes near the Railway Station roundabout in 2016. An application for the 172 homes and fifteen storey tower block was approved on Thursday night. During the meeting, a planning officer gave…

PERMISSION HAS been given for 135 homes in New Hall. The decision was made at a sitting of the Harlow Council Development Management Committee on Wednesday night. Just one objector spoke at the meeting, to express their concerns regarding access near Old London Road. A…

PLANNING permission has been granted for a new restaurant on the high street in Old Harlow. The decision was made at a meeting of the Harlow Council planning committee on Wednesday night. 42 High Street is at the bottom of the street (older residents may…

WE always like to keep an eye on planning matters and so we have dipped into the planning application register on the Harlow Council website. March looks like it is going to be bumper month for applications. We will be looking in depth at some…

HERE is the list of planning applications submitted to Harlow Council in February 2018. https://planningonline.harlow.gov.uk/online-applications/pagedSearchResults.do?action=page&searchCriteria.page=2

HARLOW Council has cancelled its plannign meeting set for this month. The meeting was set to take part on February 21st but the council has stated that the meetign has been cancelled due to “lack of business”. Last year, YH contrasted how busy planning meetings…

ROBERT Halfon welcomes the Secretary of State’s decision to hold a Public Inquiry into Veolia’s waste planning application. Robert Halfon, MP for Harlow, welcomed the news that Secretary of State Sajid Javid, had called-in Veolia’s planning application for an energy recovery facility at Ratty’s Lane,…

RESIDENTS of Fir Park in Harlow attended a planning meeting at Harlow Council to express their concerns over the future of a former women’s refuge. Plans had been tabled to change it from a womens refuge to a “mother and baby assessment centre”. A number…

A HARLOW resident has raised a number of questions over Houses of Multiple Occupation in Harlow. Sheila Sullivan attended the cabinet meeting on Thursday night at the Water Gardens to quiz the council.