Site Of Former Occasio House College Square Harlow Essex CM20 1AP

HW/CND/26/00171Discharge ConditionApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 June 2026

Council decision: Approve Discharge of Planning Conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application for approval of details reserved by condition 16 (Pocket Park Details) of planning permission HW/FUL/23/00488 for 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: 24 April 2026
Public comments: 1
Council: Harlow District Council
Ward: Town Centre
Agent: Hill Group

ReceivedReceived24 Apr
ValidatedValidated24 Apr
Consult.Consultation21 May
TargetTarget Date29 May
DecidedDecided3 Jun

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Site Of Former Occasio House College Square Harlow Essex CM20 1AP. Harlow has handled 104 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Harlow's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Town Centre. We hold 252 applications in total for the CM20 postcode area.

98% of conditions applications at Harlow District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: CM20 1AP
Application type: Discharge Condition
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 21 May 2026
Consultation start: 30 April 2026
Consultation end: 21 May 2026
Last date for comments: 21 May 2026
Target decision date: 29 May 2026
Permission expires: 3 June 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent: Hill Group
Agent address: The Power House Gunpowder Mill Powdermill Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1BN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14863206
Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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