Redevelopment Of Land To The West Of Harlow Playhouse College Gate Harlow Essex
Approved on 14 May 2026
Council decision: Granted Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)40 conditions
Proposal
Application for variation to condition 41 (Approved Plans) & condition 9 (requested to amend the discharge rate to 6 l/s following discussion with the LLFA and Thames Water) of planning permission HW/FUL/23/00488 for redevelopment of land to the west of Harlow Playhouse, including Occasio House, to provide a 2 no. storey detached extension to Harlow Playhouse to provide creative studios and performing arts space, music school and recording studio, cafe, changing rooms and booking office (Sui Generis); and an additional part 6 no. and part 5 no. storey building to provide flexible commercial and community floorspace at ground floor level (Use Class E and Use Class F.1/F.2) with residential flats above (Use Class C); together with landscaping, public realm improvements, improvement works to the Haydens Road subway, re-direction of College Gate and re-location of the taxi rank; and associated access and parking provision.
- Received
- 12 February 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Harlow District Council
- Ward
- Town Centre
- Agent
- Hill Group
- ReceivedReceived12 Feb
- ValidatedValidated12 Feb
- Consult.Consultation26 Mar
- TargetTarget Date9 Apr
- DecidedDecided14 May
Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at Redevelopment Of Land To The West Of Harlow Playhouse College Gate Harlow Essex. Harlow has handled 104 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Harlow's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 16 applications across Town Centre.
98% of conditions 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
- Application type
- Removal or Variation of Condition
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 26 March 2026
- Consultation start
- 5 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 26 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 5 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 26 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 26 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 9 April 2026
- Permission expires
- 14 May 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Hill Group
- Agent address
- The Power House Gunpowder Mill Powdermill Lane Waltham Abbey Essex EN9 1BN
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 February 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 March 2026
- Site notice start
- 24 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 17 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14685400
- Documents
- 22
- Constraints
- 1
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Church of St Paul Including Attached Bell Tower, Church Hall, Flat Raised Pavement and St…On this site
- Article 4 direction: HMO - townwide
- Brownfield land register: Playhouse Quarter Playhouse SquareRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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 and heritage coasts.
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© 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.
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