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1 The Drive Harlow Essex CM20 3QD

HW/FUL/26/00001Full ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 25 February 2026

Council decision: Refused Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Construction of 2 no. semi-detached dwellings with associated hard and soft landscaping.

Received
6 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Netteswell Central
Agent
architecture & design services ltd.
  1. Received6 Jan
  2. Validated6 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target10 Feb
  5. Decided25 Feb

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 1 The Drive Harlow Essex CM20 3QD. Harlow has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Netteswell Central. We hold 252 applications in total for the CM20 postcode area.

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

Postcode
CM20 3QD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 January 2026
Consultation expiry
12 February 2026
Consultation start
14 January 2026
Consultation end
4 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
15 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
5 February 2026
Last date for comments
12 February 2026
Target decision date
10 February 2026
Permission expires
25 February 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
architecture & design services ltd.
Agent address
C/o 9 Sunny Hill Buntingford SG9 9HP

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
12 February 2026
Site notice start
22 January 2026
Site notice end
12 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14481973
Documents
21

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: HMO - townwide
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

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, 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.

Source: Harlow

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