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Bandstand Town Park Park Lane Harlow Essex

HW/FUL/25/00503Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 4 February 2026

Council decision: Granted Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Development of new Bandstand comprising stage and backstage/storage accommodation for performances and community use. Planting and landscaping throughout the site including minor remodelling of topography, reinstatement of areas occupied by the previous bandstand and 3 no. new trees. New pathway to the north adjacent to existing area of hardstanding. Steps and low ramp to access stage.

Received
3 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Netteswell North
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Dec
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided4 Feb

Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bandstand Town Park Park Lane Harlow Essex. Harlow has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Harlow's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 17 applications across Netteswell North.

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
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2025
Consultation expiry
1 January 2026
Consultation start
5 December 2025
Consultation end
26 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
9 December 2025
Neighbour consultation end
30 December 2025
Last date for comments
1 January 2026
Target decision date
28 January 2026
Permission expires
4 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Allies and Morrison
Agent address
85 Southwark Street London SE10HX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 December 2025
Advertisement expiry
1 January 2026
Site notice start
9 December 2025
Site notice end
30 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14500449
Documents
25
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Town Park and Netteswell Cross+1 more
  • Listed building: Harlow Town ParkOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: HMO - townwide
  • Registered park and garden: Harlow Town Park
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    10 Feb

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 2 (Arboricultural Method Statement) of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsHW/CND/26/00051
  2. 2025
    3 Dec

    Development of new Bandstand comprising stage and backstage/storage accommodation for performances and…

    This applicationApprovedFullHW/FUL/25/00503

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