Planning
THE competition watchdog has ordered the housebuilders Taylor Wimpey and Countryside Properties to remove terms in contracts that have made it impossible for some homeowners to get a mortgage or sell their properties reports The Guardian. The Competition and Markets Authority has told the two…
A PLANNING application for retrospective planning permission for a property in Burnett Park in Harlow has been granted. The matter was discussed at Harlow Council on Wednesday night. The two-storey extension permitted under HW/HSE/20/00047 includes three first-floor windows on the rear elevation, which are for…
A PLANNING application for a property on The Drive in Harlow was rejected by the Harlow Council planning committee. The application was for a variation on permission already granted to allow the increase in roof ridge heights by 1.2m and inclusion of roof lights on…
PLANS for a “good on-line facility” at Sainsbury’s in Harlow are set to be submitted to the planning committee. The plans are for: This is to provide a facility for loading vans with customers’ orders for home delivery. This involves erecting a single-storey extension on the…
A PLANNING application for a property on The Drive in Harlow is back in front of the Harlow Council. The application is for a variation on permission already granted to allow the increase in roof ridge heights by 1.2m and inclusion of roof lights on…
A PLANNING bid for a single storey extension to a property in Glebelands is set to go before the planning committee. The proposal is to demolish the conservatory and to build a virtually full-width (it would be set in from each boundary by 0.4m) flat-roofed…
THE COMPANY that has undertaken work in the new Junction 7a of the M11 are keeping residents informed on how work is progressing. Follow the link below for all their reports. Here is what they have written re Gilden Way =================== FOUR-way lights remain in…
A MEMBER of the Harlow Alliance Party has continued to put pressure on Harlow Council over Prentice Place. Alan Leverett asked a number of questions at a recent Harlow Council meeting. Alan Leverett to Councillor Mark Wilkinson (Portfolio Holder for Housing): In the private sector,…
A PLANNING application for new warehouses in Staple Tye has been submitted. The application is looking to remove the portable cabins at the former Gateway Centre on Perry Road in Harlow and replace them with six warehouses. The application has been made by DRB Property…
A BID to build two chalet bungalows off Harberts Road in Harlow has been thrown out by the Harlow Council planning committee. The application site forms part of a distinct local character area comprising six dwellings (Ebenezer, Balaton, Drummoyne, Hillcrest, St Lawrence and Foxwood) of…
A PLANNING application for a new piece of sculpture at the front of St Mary’s church in Little Parndon has been approved despite the reservations of an Old Harlow councillor. The matter was voted through on Tuesday night. The artist David Murphy, Gibberd Gallery curator,…
PLANNING permission is sought for the construction of a pair of semi-detached chalet bungalows within the rear garden of Hillcrest. Hillcrest sits off Harberts Road in Harlow. The appeal scheme involved a proposal for two-storey dwellings with projecting front gable and a covered front entrance.…
A PLANNING application to construct a new goods online facility at Sainsburys in Harlow has been submitted to Harlow Council. The application looks to erect a “Goods Online (GOL) facility with associated loading and servicing area and Click and Collect bays, alterations to layout of…
ICON Industrial, a strategic joint venture by leading commercial property developer, Stoford Developments and private global investment firm, TPG Real Estate, has received approval for a second phase of development at Icon Harlow. Planning consent paves the way for delivery of almost 200,000 sq ft…
PLANS for a car wash in the grounds of The Pink Cottage have been revealed in a planning application. The application is for a change of use from one unit to two. One unit to be used as a mixed restaurant/takeaway and other to be…
A PLANNING application for thirty new flats off First Avenue in Harlow has been submitted to Harlow Council. The plans are in relation to Amberry Court, off Park Lane. The bid is looking to build the following. Additional two storeys on each of the three…
