20 Harlech Gardens, Pinner, Harrow, HA5 1JT Data via plota.co.uk

PL/1337/26 - Householder Approved

Proposal

Single storey rear extension; Conversion of garage into habitable room; Installation of window in ground floor level side elevation Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 May 2026
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Validated
19 May 2026
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Committee
2 Sept 2026
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Approved
9 Sept 2026

Approved on 9 Sept 2026 · Planning Committee Decision · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Harrow Planning Committee on 2 Sept 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the works would not harm the property, area or neighbours, subject to conditions.
  • Five neighbouring properties were consulted, but no representations were received.
  • The committee unanimously granted permission subject to the officer’s conditions.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ assessment, consultation and unanimous committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Harrow's committee minutes of 2 Sept 2026.

Site constraints 4

Air quality management area: Harrow AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Priority habitat about 46 m away: Deciduous woodland; Metropolitan Open Land about 84 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £340,000 in August 2000. Semi-detached house, freehold.

18 August 2000£340,000New build

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Harrow
Application type
Householder
Postcode
HA5 1JT
Received
14 May 2026
Validated
19 May 2026
Ward
Pinner South
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Sept 2026
Decision
Grant Conditionally
Decision date
9 Sept 2026
Decision level
Planning Committee Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
T R Harris (Design & Surveying Services) Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 113 days from validation, 57 days slower than Harrow's median of 56 for extensions. Approved, as 78% of extensions here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
78%approved
1,672decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
9 Sept 2026
Harrow
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#153 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Harrow ranks #115 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Harrow is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 83% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 83% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Harrow decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
78%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #273 of 296
83%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #261 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #115 of 296
33%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #77 of 296
44%
Minor dwellings approved
133 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
5 decided (10+ homes)
38%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,330
Total decisions
298 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.