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1 The Oaks Retail Park Howard Way Harlow Essex CM20 2AB

HW/TP/26/10007Works To Trees with a TPOApproved

Approved on 30 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)2 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

TG1-Oak x 4- Reduce lateral branches growing over service yard by 3m where possible back to boundary to maintain size and provide clearance

Received
23 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Mark Hall North
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated23 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided30 Mar

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a tree application at 1 The Oaks Retail Park Howard Way Harlow Essex CM20 2AB. Harlow has handled 43 applications of this type. This one was decided in 35 days, 2 weeks 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 24 applications across Mark Hall North. We hold 252 applications in total for the CM20 postcode area.

89% of trees 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 2AB
Application type
Works To Trees with a TPO
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 February 2026
Consultation expiry
17 March 2026
Consultation start
24 February 2026
Consultation end
17 March 2026
Neighbour consultation start
24 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
17 March 2026
Last date for comments
17 March 2026
Target decision date
6 April 2026
Permission expires
30 March 2031

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bartlett Tree Experts
Agent address
Writtle Park Farm Writtle Park Drive Highwood Chelmsford CM1 3QF

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14727625
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: HMO - townwide
  • Tree Preservation Order: TPO/19/00010Part of the site · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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