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Post Office Road Car Park Post Office Road Harlow Essex CM20 1AA

HW/EIAO/25/00135EIA ScreeningAwaiting decision
Outline / PiP
Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Request for an EIA Screening Opinion for proposed redevelopment of existing car park and erection of two buildings up to 6 storeys to provide 169 residential dwellings, along with car parking, public open space and landscaping.

Received
1 April 2025
Decision due
4 July 2025
Public comments
2
Ward
Town Centre
Agent
Quod Limited
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated1 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Jul
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an outline application at Post Office Road Car Park Post Office Road Harlow Essex CM20 1AA. Harlow has handled 88 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 April 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Town Centre. We hold 251 applications in total for the CM20 postcode area.

80% of outline 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 1AA
Application type
EIA Screening
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
169

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 April 2025
Decision issued
14 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Quod Limited
Agent address
Capitol, Bond Court Leeds LS1 5SP

Planning decision

Decision
EIA Not Required
Statutory period
94 days

Additional information

Documents
2
Constraints
1

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: Post Office and yard Post Office RoadRegister site at or near this address · +8 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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