The Adopted Replacement Harlow Local Plan (the Local Plan) sets out the planning policies which are currently used by Harlow Council to determine planning applications and to guide development and the use of land across the Harlow District. The Local Plan was adopted by Harlow Council on 13 July 2006 and forms part of the statutory development plan for Harlow.
The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 introduced significant changes to the planning system, including the replacement of Local Plans with Local Development Frameworks (LDF). As a result, policies in the Adopted Replacement Harlow Local Plan (July 2006) were due to 'expire' on 13 July 2009 - three years after the date of adoption of the Local Plan.
To retain policies beyond this date, the Council sought the Secretary of State's agreement to issue a direction to 'save' them and submitted a list recommending those policies it wished to save to Government Office for the East of England. The Secretary of State's Direction dated 12 May 2009 agreed that all the policies recommended by the Council be saved and adding one because there were elements of the policy which had not been implemented.
The schedule of policies that were saved on 12 May 2009 can be viewed by following this link.
Those Local Plan policies not included within the Schedule of saved policies expired on 12 July 2009. All of the 'saved' policies in the Local Plan will eventually be replaced by policies in the Local Development Framework.
PDF version of the Adopted Replacement Harlow Local Plan (July 2006).
Adopted Replacement Harlow Local Plan - Written Statement.
Adopted Replacement Harlow Local Plan Interactive Proposals Map.
Proposed Modifications to the Second Deposit Draft - Full Report.
Replacement Harlow Local Plan Modifications - Report on Objections
Replacement Harlow Local Plan - Inspectors Report
Adopted Replacement Harlow Local Plan – Technical documents.
A number of Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) have been produced by the Council to provide further guidance and detail on the policies and proposals contained within the Harlow Local Plan. Follow this link to view the suite of adopted SPDs.