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

HW/CND/26/00363Pending Decision

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Application for approval of details reserved by condition 26 (Landscaping 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: 8 September 2026
Council: Harlow District Council

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

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This is a planning application for an extension at Site Of Former Occasio House College Square Harlow Essex CM20 1AP. Harlow has handled 793 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. It was submitted on 8 September 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 234 applications in total for the CM20 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

HW/CND/26/00363

Address

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

Postcode

CM20 1AP

Local Authority

Harlow

Decision Status

Undecided

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Submitted

8 September 2026

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates

51.768063, 0.092179

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Harlow

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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.

© 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 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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