Redevelopment Of Land To The West Of Harlow Playhouse College Gate Harlow Essex
Proposal
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 3 (Site Investigation) part a and b and part condition 7 (Arboricultural Method Statement) of planning permission HW/FUL/23/00488 for the redevelopment of land to the west of Harlow Playhouse, including Occasio House, to provide a 2 no. storey detached extension to Harlow Playhouse to provide creative studios and performing arts space, music school and recording studio, cafe, changing rooms and booking office (Sui Generis); and an additional part 6 no. and part 5 no. storey building to provide flexible commercial and community floorspace at ground floor level (Use Class E and Use Class F.1/F.2) with residential flats above (Use Class C); together with landscaping, public realm improvements, improvement works to the Haydens Road subway, re-direction of College Gate and re-location of the taxi rank; and associated access and parking provision.
- Received
- 12 August 2025
- Decided
- 2 September 2025 · Approve Discharge of Planning Conditions
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Harlow District Council
- Ward
- Town Centre
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- ReceivedSubmitted12 Aug
- ValidatedValidated12 Aug
- Consult.Consultation3 Sep
- TargetTarget Date16 Sep
- DecidedDecided2 Sep
Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)
This is an application to discharge conditions at Redevelopment Of Land To The West Of Harlow Playhouse College Gate Harlow Essex. Harlow has handled 100 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 48 days. This one was decided in 21 days, 4 weeks quicker than Harlow's median. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Town Centre.
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Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: HMO - townwide
- Brownfield land register: Playhouse Quarter Playhouse SquareRegister site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
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