Oli Farm Barn, OLI FARM Oxhey Lane, Hatch End, Pinner, Harrow, HA5 4AS Data via plota.co.uk

PL/2397/26/PRIOR - Prior Agricultural Approval (All Types) Refused

Proposal

Prior Approval for Agricultural building: Installation of two greenhouses Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
9 Sept 2026
✗
Refused
week of 28 Sept 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused in the week of 28 Sept 2026 · Delegated decision · Last checked 30 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
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 ↗
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
Scheduled monument about 180 m away: Grim's Ditch: four linear sections between Uxbridge Road and Oxhey Lane; Inside the Harrow built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3

Checked on 16 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
Prior Agricultural Approval (All Types)
Postcode
HA5 4AS
Received
9 Sept 2026
Validated
9 Sept 2026
Ward
Harrow Weald
Case officer
Show
Target decision
7 Oct 2026
Decision date
week of 28 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
MGM ARGA

Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
7 Oct 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