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Redevelopment Of Land To The West Of Harlow Playhouse College Gate Harlow Essex

HW/REMVAR/26/00054Removal or Variation of ConditionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 May 2026

Council decision: Granted Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)40 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

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
Ward
Town Centre
Agent
Hill Group
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated12 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target9 Apr
  5. Decided14 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

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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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