PLANS for a temporary shop in Gilden Park is set to go before Harlow Council’s planning committee

The application states: “Permission is sought for the construction of a temporary shop for a period of two years to meet the convenience retail needs of the local community pending completion of permanent, previously approved retail units. The shop would be provided within a converted shipping container to be placed on open land opposite Fieldfare Way.

“A condition is proposed to ensure that once the two-year period has elapsed the use would cease and the shop unit and associated infrastructure would be removed, leaving the site to be laid out in accordance with previously approved development. Subject to this and other appropriate conditions the proposal is considered acceptable and is recommended for approval.

https://moderngov.harlow.gov.uk/documents/s24782/FUL2300388%20Fieldfare.pdf

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Objections

•   Unsightly and out of place; eyesore, especially for Fieldfare residents, don’t want shipping container outside windows
•   Noise from vehicles, slamming doors, early morning deliveries, customers congregating, refrigeration
•   Additional traffic and on-street parking to the detriment of residents; parking provision inadequate for staff and customers
•   Concern at litter/ rubbish/ odour
•   Can see facility being made permanent, who knows how long it would be there, willinevitably be there for more than two years
•   Temporary provision not good enough, need permanent not temporary solutions;need the facilities promised when properties were purchased, still not available years after moving in; what’s next a school in a shipping container; would feel more comfortable if guarantee facility would not affect timeline for permanent facilities
•   Facility not needed as two Co-ops and two Tescos are nearby
  Officer comment: These comments are addressed within the body of this report.
• Support

•   Facility is necessary, long overdue, fills a crucial gap, extremely helpful to majority of residents but should be temporary solution only
•   Welcome shop on doorstep; accessible walking distance shop is convenient and helpful and benefit to residents without car like single mothers and elderly
•   Hub for social interaction; enhance quality of life
•   Should be no restriction on what shop sells – should provide goods of normalconvenience store; opening hours should be 8am to 10pm