A DISPERSAL order will be put in place tomorrow, Saturday 28 September, following reports of a planned car meet in Harlow.

The event has been advertised at Oaks Retail Park off Edinburgh Way and following concerns about anti-social behaviour and dangerous driving, we successfully applied for additional powers.

The dispersal order will be in place from 8pm tomorrow until 2am the following day in the area displayed.

The dispersal order provides an officer or a PCSO with the power to issue a direction for an individual or group, who has committed or is likely to commit anti-social behaviour, to leave a specified area. If they return to the area within 48s hours, they may be arrested.

Inspector Tony Walker, of Harlow’s Community Policing Team, said: “Our work managing these events continues with further dispersal order powers granted this weekend.

“As I’ve previously said, we acknowledge that car enthusiasts and members of the public enjoy these events but we are concerned that some people will behave anti-socially and could put people at risk by driving dangerously.

“We hope that people attending the area are peaceful and law abiding and we thank you for your support and co-operation.”

The order runs between Burntmill Lane in the west, including Harlow train station, to the point of the A1019 parallel with the mid-point of Harlow Town Park. In the south, it runs from this point of the A1019 to the A414. To the east, it runs from the River Stort, encompasses Harlow Mill train station, and again meets the A414. Across the north, it runs across the River Stort.