THE conversion of an existing garage into a summer house is set to go in front of the Harlow Council planning committee. Planning permission is sought for the conversion of the existing garage into a summerhouse. The location is 5 The Downs, Harlow. It will…

LEADING housebuilder Weston Homes has exchanged contracts to aquire a 10.36 acre site in the village of Thornwood in Epping with plans to build Thornwood Park, a new £33.5 million (GDV) high quality residential development providing up to 62 new family homes complete with gardens, landscaping, community orchard,…

PLANS have been submitted to demolish two derelict social housing blocks Occasio House in Harlow provided young homeless people with accommodation and support. The complex closed in 2016 and the owner was told it would cost millions to replace its aluminium cladding following the Grenfell…

A COALPORT Close resident has been fronted planning permission for a tall fence outside her property. The application was discussed and approved at meeting of the Harlow Council planning committee on Wednesday. You can see the 25 minute agenda item in the film below. https://www.youtube.com/embed/U7pM-pIRHAM

HARLOW Council’s planning committee got tough with planners when they made it plain that a community centre must be built as part of plans for new houses in Newhall. Harlow Council approved two applications for 38 and 26 houses respectively at a development management committee…

A PLANNING application in relation to a new Nisa Local shop in Potter Street has been deferred until June. A number of local residents as well as the owners of the franchise had turned up to the meeting on Wednesday night hoping for the item…

A BID to convert a former bank in Old Harlow into a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) has been submitted to Harlow Council. The application refers to the former Barclays Bank on Station Road. The application bids for: Conversion and proposed change of use of…

PLANS for two storeys to be added to the top of Alymer House in Harlow Town Centre have been submitted to Harlow Council. The submission states: Construction of two additional storeys (total of six storeys) and the refurbishment of the existing building, providing 29 new…

A BID has been launched to build a ten-storey tower block of flats in place of an old MOT garage in Harlow reports the Local Democracy Reporter Scheme. Martorana Properties has submitted a planning application to Harlow Council for 57 flats in Wych Elm, which…

PLANS for a new shop and offices in Potter Street are up in front of the Harlow Council planning committee after a number of residents have objected. The application seeks permission for various external works to the building, to alter existing openings, insert new openings…

HARLOW Council is set to award contracts for the building of 14 more new homes as part of its council housebuilding programme. Harlow’s cabinet agreed a report tonight (23 March), which will pave the way for the council to appoint contractors to construct 8 three-bedroom…

HARLOW & Gilston Garden Town has been awarded £295,000 by the Dept for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities as part of their Proptech Innovation Fund and the Local Digital Fund. It’s not the first time that HGGT’s ambition has been recognised through Government funding with…

1500 homes, a primary school and football hub all feature in the Taylor Wimpey village plans that received an agreement for approval from East Herts Council earlier today as part of Harlow & Gilston Garden Town. The decision means all seven Gilston villages planned for…

A SURVEY conducted by the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) magazine The Planner found that 87% of planners feel social media is fuelling misinformation around local planning issues. Planners are finding themselves the targets of online trolls as a result of this misinformation. Survey respondents…