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Unit E Icon Harlow Third Avenue Harlow Essex CM19 5AW

HW/PASP/23/00166Prior Approval Solar PhotovoltaicsApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 June 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval Is Not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of 696kWp of solar photovoltaic panels and ancillary equipment on the north south east and west facing roof pitches of the building.

Received
26 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Great Parndon
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated10 May
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target30 Jun
  5. Decided30 Jun

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Unit E Icon Harlow Third Avenue Harlow Essex CM19 5AW. Harlow has handled 88 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Harlow's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 228 applications in total for the CM19 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
CM19 5AW
Application type
Prior Approval Solar Photovoltaics
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 May 2023
Consultation expiry
13 June 2023
Neighbour consultation start
23 May 2023
Neighbour consultation end
13 June 2023
Last date for comments
13 June 2023
Target decision date
30 June 2023
Permission expires
30 June 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Syzygy Renewables
Agent address
4-8 Whites Grounds London SE1 3LA

Planning decision

Statutory period
51 days

Publicity

Site notice start
18 May 2023
Site notice end
8 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12118919
Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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