The London Borough of Harrow and several others are outsourcing their planning information. I discovered this by accident. I had a client in Harrow and needed to look up a previous planning application. So naturally I went to Harrow Council’s web page www.harrow.gov.uk > environment and planning > planning > planning applications – residential > viewing, applying and commenting online
What I then discovered was that since November 2005 all applications are now stored on www.UKplanning.com (for LB Harrow and a few other boroughs only). Earlier applications between 1945 and November 2005 have to be seen in person at the planning reception desk at Harrow Civic Centre.
This was the information I found:
On UKPlanning:
View plans and comment on current planning applications
View documents relating to determined applications since November 2005
On Harrow website:
(YOU CAN ONLY VIEW A LIST of determined applications AND NOT PLANS, NOTICES AND EVERYTHING ELSE)
View a monthly list of determined applications
View a list of new applications received in the last 7 – 28 days and submit comments
Viewing Planning Applications via UKPlanning:
(HERE YOU CAN VIEW THE WHOLE APPLICATION INCLUDING PLANS)
The Harrow Council website then attemps to explain how the UKPlanning website works:
Go to UKPlanning
Select Harrow Council
Click ‘Search Applications’ – search by street name or reference number
To make a comment on a current application, click on ‘Comment on Application’
