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DM18 — Protection of Open Space.

How Harrow actually applies DM18: who leans on it, where it bites hardest, and how often it's invoked. The policy text is the rule; this is the behaviour.

DM18 is a published Harrow planning policy. This page records where it appears in the council's published planning decisions.

Cited under: Harrow Local Plan (adopted)

Harrow · DM18
Where DM18 is quoted — by ward
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re-scopes the headline figures and the trend
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times cited
in parsed decision notices
3 appeals
appeal survival
3 dismissed · 0 allowed at appeal — too few to rate
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officer reach
3% of officers recorded in this period
Canons
top hotspot ward
1 citations
What this policy is about

Policy DM18 protects open space in Harrow by not releasing land for development, supporting ancillary development where it doesn't harm the open space, and allowing reconfiguration if it enhances the open space without causing environmental harm. This applies to land identified as open space on the Harrow Policies Map, including parks, gardens, play areas, and natural conservation sites. The council will resist development that harms the open space and support reconfiguration that improves its capacity, quality, and accessibility.

Plain-English summary of the adopted policy text below. The full text is the rule; this is the gist.

The policy — as adopted

Protection of Open Space

Policy DM 18: Protection of Open Space By its nature, and taken as a whole, the Green Belt provides an area of comparatively low light, air and noise pollution. However the Green Belt comprises a range of existing uses and development and, consequently, the contribution of individual sites to these environmental characteristics is variable. Metropolitan Open Land, although more dispersed than the Green Belt, also provides a valuable antidote to light, air and noise pollution within the wider urban setting. The London Plan (2011) includes policies that deal with light, air and noise pollution(44) that will be applied as relevant to proposals in the Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land. Beneficial use of the Green Belt and MOL can give rise to opportunities to address existing adverse environmental quality and to enhance environmental quality in these regards. A. Land identified as open space on the Harrow Policies Map will not be released for development. Open Space C. Proposals for ancillary development on land identified as open space on the Harrow Policies Map will be supported where: In addition to the Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land, open spaces that are of local importance are identified on the Harrow Policies Map. They comprise parks and gardens, play areas, amenity spaces, natural conservation sites, playing pitches and other outdoor sports grounds, allotments and cemeteries/churchyards and are protected irrespective of ownership or accessibility. The National Planning Policy Framework (2012) is clear that existing open space, sport and recreation facilities should not be built B. The reconfiguration of land identified as open space on the Harrow Policies Map will be supported where: a. the reconfiguration is part of a comprehensive, deliverable scheme; b. there would be no net loss of open space; c. the reconfiguration would achieve enhancements to address identified deficiencies in the capacity, quality and accessibility of open space, and it would secure a viable future for the open space; and d. the reconfiguration would not be detrimental to any environmental function performed by the existing open space. a. it is necessary to or would facilitate the proper functioning of the open space; b. it is ancillary to the use(s) of the open space; c. it would be appropriate in scale; d. it would not detract from the open character of the site or surroundings; Policy 7.5 Public Realm; Policy 7.14 Improving Air Quality; and Policy 7.15 Reducing Noise and Enhancing Soundscapes.

Verbatim from the adopted Harrow plan · source document. The council's published plan is the authoritative version.

How it lands
0% in approvals · 100% in refusals
1 citations in the selected period
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Where it bites
Canons1
What cites it — application types
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What it means in practice

Not filled in yet. This will hold how officers actually argue DM18 case by case, classified from their decision reports — the classification pass hasn't run. Nothing is paraphrased in its place.

What the published record shows

DM18 appears most often in Canons. It appears across 1 of 39 officers recorded in this period. The map shows the pattern for the selected period.

Who cites it — case-officer spreadfrom parsed decision notices · click an officer
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Why it is cited — and what follows
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This shows the decision reports in which DM18 appears. It does not yet claim that the policy caused those outcomes.

Reason · role · consequence

Not filled in yet — the classification pass over the citing passages hasn't run. When it has, this shows why DM18 was used, whether it supported approval or refusal, and what changed as a result. No conclusion is shown until that classification has been checked.

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Does it hold up? — appeal performance
— survival
3 dismissed · 0 allowed — 3 PINS appeal decisions cite DM18

From Planning Inspectorate decision letters that cite DM18. Dismissed = the council's refusal stood, the policy held; allowed = overturned. Too few decisive appeals for a rate — the counts are the record. The tighter join — this borough's own refusals citing DM18 traced to their specific appeals — is still to come.

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Citations, officer spread, ward and application-type counts parsed from published Harrow decision notices (high-confidence parses, approvals and refusals), joined to the canonical application record. One citation = one decision citing the policy. See the policy overview for every policy cited.

Atlas intelligence summarises patterns and observations from published planning records. Past decisions do not indicate how any future application will be determined. Every application is assessed on its own merits, having regard to the proposal, site, evidence and policies applying at the time. This information is provided for general information only and is not planning, legal, financial or professional advice.