Grange Farm Estate, South Harrow, HA2 0DD Data via plota.co.uk

PL/0915/25 - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Phase 2a (Full planning permission) to include the construction of new dwellings to provide residential homes (Use Class C3), along with cycle and vehicle parking, highway and access improvements, children’s play space, public realm... Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
31 Mar 2025
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Committee
23 Jul 2025
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Approved
18 Dec 2025

Approved on 18 Dec 2025 · Delegated by Committee · Last checked 1 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Harrow Planning Committee on 23 Jul 2025.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the scheme provided affordable homes, acceptable design and living conditions, with impacts capable of mitigation.
  • Residents objected over proximity, privacy, overlooking, overshadowing, sunlight, trees, gardens, noise and the height of Block B.
  • Members unanimously granted permission subject to the legal agreement and the tabled addendum.
Read how the committee decided The proposed homes, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, decision and planning conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Harrow's committee minutes of 23 Jul 2025.

Documents 49

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Site constraints 3

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 ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Harrow built-up area; Designated open space about 18 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 26 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.

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Important details

Council
Harrow
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
HA2 0DD
Received
31 Mar 2025
Validated
31 Mar 2025
Ward
Harrow on the Hill
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Dec 2025
Decision
Grant Conditionally
Decision date
18 Dec 2025
Decision level
Delegated by Committee
Applicant
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Agent
Stantec UK Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 262 days from validation, 201 days slower than Harrow's median of 61 for new homes. Approved, as 44% of new homes here are.

48%decided within 8 weeks
44%approved
8%go to committee

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
18 Dec 2025
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