Hearing Sessions
Following the hearings of the Examination of the Local Plan, which concluded on Tuesday 15 July 2025, an additional hearing will be taking place online on Monday 13 October at 1300.
This is being held following the Inspector’s request for the housing trajectory to be updated in response to various questions raised during the initial Matter 5 Hearing sessions held on 26 June and 7 July. The invitation to take part in this additional session is made to those who took part in the Matter 5 hearing sessions.
Please note that only those invited by the Inspector to the session (see agenda below) can participate in the discussion.
Hearing Sessions
The hearing sessions of the Examination of the London Borough of Harrow Local Plan will take place over three weeks.
The hearings will all be held in-person at the Greenhill Studios, Harrow Arts Centre, 171 Uxbridge Road, Hatch End HA5 4EA and will open at 10.00 am on Tuesday 24 June, 2025. A map of the venue can be found here: Site Map | Harrow
The hearings will also be live streamed (for viewing only). The live steam will only be available when the sessions are being held and people wishing to view the hearings are advised to check the programme below (which may be updated as the examination proceeds) for session times. The link for the live stream can be found here: Join the meeting now
Agendas for the hearings
- Matter 1 - Tuesday 24 June AM Session
- Matter 2 - Tuesday 24 June PM Session
- Matter 3 - Wednesday 25 June AM Session
- Matter 4 - Wednesday 25 June PM Session and Thursday 26 June AM Session
- Matter 5 - Thursday 26 June PM Session
- Matter 5 Continued - Monday 7 July 12 noon start
- Matter 5b - Tuesday 8 July - AM and PM sessions
- Matter 6 - Wednesday 9 July - AM and PM sessions
- Matter 6 - Thursday 10 July - AM session
- Matter 7 - Thursday 10 July - PM session
- Matter 8 - Friday 11 July - AM session
- Matters 9 and 10 - Tuesday 15 July AM session
- Additional hearing session (Matter 5) Monday 13 October PM session
- List of Participants - Additional Hearing session 13 October 2025
Hearing Sessions Dates
- Week 1 - Tuesday 24 June to Thursday 26 June inclusive
- Week 2 - Monday 7 July to Friday 11 July inclusive
- Week 3 - Tuesday 15 July
Please note that the discussion on Matters 9 and 10 will now both take place both on Tuesday 15th July in the AM Session.
The Hearing Statements submitted in response to the Inspecor’s Matters, Issues and Questions can be accessed on the Hearing Statements page.
Hearing Sessions documents
- LBH/ED5 Inspector’s Guidance Notes
- LBH/ED6 Inspector’s Matters, Issues and Questions
- LBH/ED7 Draft Hearing Sessions Programme V.1 May 2025
The Inspector’s Guidance notes set out how the hearings will be run and provides details on how Regulation 19 representors can register to take part in the hearing sessions (Paras29-38) and how to submit hearing statements (Paras 18-25)