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.

A LEADING Conservative councillor has expressed his disappointment at a decsion over financial contributions to be made by developers of new housing at the site of the Churchgate Hotel. http://www.yourharlow.com/2018/01/20/harlow-council-planning-committee-back-funding-contribution-for-churchgate-hotel-housing-development/ Councillor Joel Charles, who represents Old Harlow on Harlow District Council, said: “I am disappointed…

THE HARLOW Council Planning Committee has voted for a key planning concession out of the development of housing at the Churchgate Hotel site in Old Harlow. Both local councillors and residents spoke as well as a representative of the applicants. The crux of the matter…

PLANS for the Churchgate Hotel are set to be out forward at the Harlow Council Planning Committee on Wednesday night. The application is to “Modify Planning Obligation to Provide an Off Site Financial Contribution in Lieu of On Site Affordable Units. “The planning permission for…

PUBLIC Health England has been given planning permission to create a world-leading public health science campus at Harlow in Essex. The landmark decision helps secure PHE’s role as a global leader in applying cutting-edge science to protect and improve the public’s health for the next…

COUNCIL planning meetings may not be everyone’s cup of tea but in many ways they are a vital insight into the past present and future development of an area. Is it did seem strange to us that Harlow Council cancel so many of their meetings.…