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366 Longbanks Harlow Essex CM18 7PG

HW/LDCP/25/00443Lawful Development Cert - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 24 November 2025

Council decision: Would Be Lawful Use/DevelopmentDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Change of Use from existing Use Class C3 (Dwellinghouse) to Use Class C2 (Children's Home) for 2 children under the supervision of adult carers

Received
14 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Stewards
Agent
Humphreys & Sons - Architecture & Surveyors
  1. Received14 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided24 Nov

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 366 Longbanks Harlow Essex CM18 7PG. Harlow has handled 88 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Harlow's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Stewards. We hold 126 applications in total for the CM18 postcode area.

80% of outline 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
CM18 7PG
Application type
Lawful Development Cert - Proposed
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2025
Target decision date
18 November 2025
Permission expires
24 November 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Humphreys & Sons - Architecture & Surveyors
Agent address
WeWork 145 City Road London EC1V 1AZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
35 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14386035
Comments
0
Documents
10

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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