Redevelopment Of Land To The West Of Harlow Playhouse College Gate Harlow Essex

HW/FUL/23/00488Full ApplicationApproved

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Approved on 17 April 2024

Council decision: Granted Planning PermissionPlanning committee

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Proposal

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: 7 December 2023
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 16
Council: Harlow District Council
Ward: Toddbrook

ReceivedReceived7 Dec
ValidatedValidated7 Dec
Consult.Consultation12 Apr
TargetTarget Date17 Apr
DecidedDecided17 Apr

Decided in 132 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Redevelopment Of Land To The West Of Harlow Playhouse College Gate Harlow Essex. Harlow has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 132 days, 12 weeks longer than Harlow's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address.

79% of full 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

Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 December 2023
Consultation expiry: 12 April 2024
Consultation start: 22 March 2024
Consultation end: 12 April 2024
Neighbour consultation start: 5 April 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 31 January 2024
Last date for comments: 12 April 2024
Target decision date: 17 April 2024
Committee meeting: 10 April 2024
Permission expires: 17 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent: McBains
Agent address: 26 Finsbury Square Finwell House London EC2A 1DS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 132 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 11 January 2024
Advertisement expiry: 1 February 2024
Site notice start: 11 January 2024
Site notice end: 1 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12625800
Documents: 105
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: 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.

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