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Crown House River Way Harlow Essex CM20 2DN

HW/LDCE/26/00088Lawful Development Cert - ExistingAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Application for a Certificate of Lawfulness for Existing Development to confirm lawful commencement of development within prescribed 3-year time limit relating to planning approval ref. HW/FUL/22/00295

Received
4 March 2026
Decision due
8 April 2026
Ward
Mark Hall North
Agent
Charlie Biss Architect
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Apr
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Crown House River Way Harlow Essex CM20 2DN. Harlow has handled 22 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 24 applications across Mark Hall North. We hold 252 applications in total for the CM20 postcode area.

100% of amendment 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 2DN
Application type
Lawful Development Cert - Existing
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Charlie Biss Architect
Agent address
Ravens Elsenham Road Stansted CM24 8SS

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14749716
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: HMO - townwide
  • Green belt: HarlowPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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