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8 Woodlark Road Harlow Essex CM17 0ST

HW/FUL/26/00108Full ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 5 May 2026

Council decision: Application WithdrawnDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of use from use C3 (Dwellinghouse) to use class C2 (Residential Care Home) to provide Supported Living for Adults with Mild Vulnerabilities (ages 18 to 65 years old) with no changes to the structure of the property (internal and exterior) nor any conversion of any part of building, garden, garage, and driveway.

Received
16 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
113
Ward
Gilden Park And Mulberry Green
  1. Received16 Mar
  2. Validated16 Mar
  3. Consult.6 May
  4. Target20 Apr
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 8 Woodlark Road Harlow Essex CM17 0ST. Harlow has handled 251 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 50 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 19 applications across Gilden Park And Mulberry Green. 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 0ST
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 March 2026
Consultation expiry
6 May 2026
Consultation start
15 April 2026
Consultation end
6 May 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 March 2026
Neighbour consultation end
16 April 2026
Last date for comments
6 May 2026
Target decision date
20 April 2026
Permission expires
5 May 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
23 April 2026
Site notice start
26 March 2026
Site notice end
16 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14769939
Documents
13
Constraints
3

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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