PUBLIC CONVENIENCE REAR OF BROADWALK ADJACENT TO CAR PARK ENTRANCE Pinner Road, North Harrow, Harrow Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2419/26 - Full Planning Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Change of use of the former public toilet building to provide a school for pupils with special educational needs (Use Class F1(a)) and community use outside school hours (Use Class F2(b)), together with the erection of front and rear extensions, internal alterations including the formation of a mezzanine floor, external alterations, outdoor learning areas, landscaping and associated facilities. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
11 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
29 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 24 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 24 Nov 2026, from Harrow's recent changes of use.

Documents 25

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 7

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 ↗
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 ↗
Town centre: North Harrow
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Habitat network: Priority Rivers
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Inside the Harrow built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Flood defence 37 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 100 year flood).
Not affected
Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Harrow
Application type
Full Planning Application
Received
11 Sept 2026
Validated
29 Sept 2026
Ward
North Harrow
Case officer
Show
Target decision
24 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
FPP Associates Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 29 of the 56-day target. Harrow usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 2927 days to the 56-day target
59%decided within 8 weeks
40%approved
256decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
24 Nov 2026
Harrow
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#153 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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