Units A And B Mead Park Industrial Estate Harlow Essex CM20 2SE Data via plota.co.uk

HW/LDCP/26/00387 - Lawful Development Cert - Proposed Pending

Proposal

Certificate seeks to certify that the use of the property for any purpose within Use Classes E (Commercial, Business and Service), B2 (General Industrial) and B8 (Storage & Distribution) use, is lawful for planning purposes and reflects the change in legislation under the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020 (SI ), which amended the Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

25 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 20 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 20 Nov 2026.

Documents 5

Site constraints 5

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Local nature reserve 207 m away: Harlow Marsh

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Inside the Harlow built-up area.

Not affected

Not green belt · No listed building at the site · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 29 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: Lawful Development Cert - Proposed
Postcode: CM20 2SE
Received: 25 Sept 2026
Validated: 25 Sept 2026
Ward: Mark Hall North
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Hybrid Planning & Development Limited

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 29 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15239496
Statutory expiry: 20 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2023 Approved

14 Mead Park Industrial Estate Harlow Essex CM20 2SE

Change of use from use class B2/B8 (Storage & Distribution) to use class E(g)

HW/FUL/23/00262 7 Sep 2023

2023 Approved

14 Mead Park Industrial Estate Harlow Essex CM20 2SE

Change of use from use class B2/B8 (Storage & Distribution) to use class E(g)

HW/FUL/23/00262 7 Sep 2023

Harlow

Planning Authority Score

3.9/10

Below average

#196 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder 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

Units A And B Mead Park Industrial Estate Harlow Essex CM20 2SE Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 5

Decision & officer reports 2

Plans & drawings 1

Application forms 1

Other documents 1