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Bloomfield Motor Services Swift House River Way Harlow Essex CM20 2DW

Granted Harlow HW/LDCE/23/00389 Lawful Development Cert - Existing

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

MOT Testing Station

As published by the council, reference HW/LDCE/23/00389

Application record

Reference
HW/LDCE/23/00389
Type
Lawful Development Cert - Existing
Status
Pending Decision
Decision
Granted As published: Would Be Lawful Use/Development
Received
2 Oct 2023
Validated
4 Oct 2023
Decided
14 Nov 2023
Ward
Mark Hall
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
CM20 2DW

Site history

Applications at this address on the Harlow register

This site has had 2 applications since 2022: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • HW/CND/22/00521 Granted

    Bloomfield Motor Services Swift House River Way Harlow Essex CM20 2DW

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 2 (Biodiversity Metric and Net Gain Calculations Document), condition 3 (Energy Statement) and condition 4 (Waste and Recycling Plan) of planning permission HW/FUL/22/00401

    Decided 3 Jan 2023 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 2 Oct 2023

    Received by Harlow

  2. 4 Oct 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 14 Nov 2023

    Decision issued: Would Be Lawful Use/Development

  4. 1 Oct 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

11 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Harlow granted permission on 14 November 2023, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About lawful development applications

A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.

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  • Bloomfield Motor Services Swift House River Way Harlow Essex CM20 2DW

    HW/CND/22/00521 Submitted 9 Nov 2022 50 yards away

    Application for approval of details reserved by condition 2 (Biodiversity Metric and Net Gain Calculations Document), condition 3 (Energy Statement) and condition 4 (Waste and Recycling Plan) of planning permission HW/FUL/22/00401

    Granted Conditions 6 docs
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    HW/REMVAR/21/00363 Submitted 18 Jun 2021 50 yards away

    Variation of conditions 4 (Access Arrangements) and 17 (Approved Plans) of planning permission HW/FUL/18/00500 to accommodate the following: Reduction in the floorspace of Unit 1 from 11,211sqm to 8, 400 sqm Increase floor space of Unit 2 from 5,267sqm to 8,078sqm Change in the number of car parking spaces for Unit 1 from 75 to 65 and cycle parking spaces from 44 to 34 spaces Change in the number of car parking spaces for Unit 2 from 34 to 55 and cycle parking spaces from 21 to 36 spaces Minor adjustment to the Unit 1 and 2 service yard access points, to the east along River Way.

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