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7 Herons Wood Harlow Essex CM20 1RW

HW/HSE/25/00424Householder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 17 November 2025

Council decision: Refused Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Construction of side, front & rear extensions. Increase in roof ridge height to form first floor accommodation with dormer windows and insertion of 7 no. rooflights.

Received
6 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Little Parndon West
Agent
Marlin Design Ltd
  1. Received6 Oct
  2. Validated6 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Nov
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided17 Nov

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 7 Herons Wood Harlow Essex CM20 1RW. Harlow has handled 251 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Harlow's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 11 applications across Little Parndon West. 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 1RW
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 October 2025
Consultation expiry
3 November 2025
Neighbour consultation start
13 October 2025
Neighbour consultation end
3 November 2025
Last date for comments
3 November 2025
Target decision date
10 November 2025
Permission expires
17 November 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Marlin Design Ltd
Architect profile
MARLIN DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
37 Plaw Hatch Close Bishops Stortford CM23 5BL

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14380479
Comments
0
Documents
7

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.

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