Harlow Town Railway Station Station Approach Harlow Essex CM20 2JD Data via plota.co.uk

HW/LBC/26/00117 - Listed Building Consent Unknown

Proposal

To redecorate the previously painted render to the front of the station building. The colour is to remain the same as the existing colour Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
10 Apr 2026
Consultation
13 Apr 2026
Decision
Expected by 5 Jun 2026

As of 3 Aug 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Site constraints 3

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Article 4 direction
HMO - townwide. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Also on the record
Inside the Harlow built-up area.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Harlow
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
CM20 2JD
Received
10 Apr 2026
Validated
10 Apr 2026
Ward
Netteswell North
Case officer
Show
Target decision
5 Jun 2026
Applicant
Show

Decision outlook

Day 155, past the statutory target. 96% of extensions in Harlow are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 5 Jul 2026.

Day 15599 days past the 56-day target
78%decided within 8 weeks
89%approved
117decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Harlow in the last twelve months, from validation. Harlow decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Neighbours
14 Apr 2026
Consultation
13 Apr 2026
Comments by
5 May 2026
Site or press notice
14 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No
Harlow
Planning Authority Score
3.9/10
Below average
#196 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Harlow ranks #138 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Harlow is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 79% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 79% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Harlow decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #222 of 296
79%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #283 of 296
67%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #138 of 296
37%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #120 of 296
38%
Minor dwellings approved
8 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
80%
Change of use approved
20 decided
278
Total decisions
45 refused in the year to March 2026