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St Nicholas School Hobbs Cross Road Harlow Essex CM17 0NJ

HW/FUL/26/00014Full ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Granted Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Proposed swimming pool enclosure

Received
15 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Churchgate
Agent
Design Team Consultants Ltd
  1. Received15 Jan
  2. Validated15 Jan
  3. Consult.11 Feb
  4. Target19 Feb
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at St Nicholas School Hobbs Cross Road Harlow Essex CM17 0NJ. Harlow has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days 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 7 applications across Churchgate. We hold 401 applications in total for the CM17 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
CM17 0NJ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 January 2026
Consultation expiry
3 March 2026
Consultation start
21 January 2026
Consultation end
11 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 February 2026
Last date for comments
3 March 2026
Target decision date
19 February 2026
Permission expires
11 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Design Team Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Business And Technology Centre Bessemer Drive Stevenage SG1 2DX

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 January 2026
Advertisement expiry
19 February 2026
Site notice start
10 February 2026
Site notice end
3 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14626401
Documents
12

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    24 Aug

    Application for non-material amendment following a grant of planning permission under planning reference…

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendmentHW/NMA/26/00343
  2. 2026
    15 Jan

    Proposed swimming pool enclosure

    This applicationApprovedFullHW/FUL/26/00014

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