HARLOW & Gilston Garden Town has been awarded £295,000 by the Dept for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities as part of their Proptech Innovation Fund and the Local Digital Fund. It’s not the first time that HGGT’s ambition has been recognised through Government funding with…

1500 homes, a primary school and football hub all feature in the Taylor Wimpey village plans that received an agreement for approval from East Herts Council earlier today as part of Harlow & Gilston Garden Town. The decision means all seven Gilston villages planned for…

A SURVEY conducted by the Royal Town Planning Institute’s (RTPI) magazine The Planner found that 87% of planners feel social media is fuelling misinformation around local planning issues. Planners are finding themselves the targets of online trolls as a result of this misinformation. Survey respondents…

AN OLD Harlow school has applied to move a double decker bus into their school grounds in order to use it as an extra classroom. Fawbert and Barnard Primary school on London Road, has submitted their plans to the Harlow Council planning portal. The application…

AN APPLICATION has been made to turn a Harlow home into a House of Multiple Occupation. The application is in relation to Number 1 The Hides. The application states: In order to meet projected demand for affordable accommodation the plan aims to support the development…

A PLANNING application for advertising boards on a Church Langley roundabout has been submitted to Harlow Council. The proposal is as follows: Advertisement Board At Church Langley Way/Kiln Lane Roundabout Church Langley Way Harlow Essex CM17 9TG Proposal erection of four sponsorship signs to be…

THE Epping Forest District local plan will be discussed by their council tonight (Monday). Before the meeting, The Epping Society will be holding a peaceful demonstration outside EFDC Council Offices to make their feelings known on EFDC development plans. “They will also have a stall…

GARDEN Town Director, Naisha Polaine, has joined Places for People in commenting on yesterday’s historical meeting at East Herts District Council that saw an agreement to approve 8500 homes as part of Harlow & Gilston Garden Town. The homes will make up six of the…

SIX new housing estates/villages on the outskirts of Harlow have been given the go-ahead, despite fears 8,500 new homes will “do nothing” for the town’s existing residents reports the Local Democracy Reporter. At a meeting which lasted more than seven hours, East Herts District Council’s…

A PLANNING application for a re-development of former service industry bays into a mixed-use development comprising of 116 no. 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments is set to go before the Harlow Council planning committee. The application site comprises the Service Industry Bays which is…

A NUMBER of objections have been made to a planning bid to build a house in Arkwrights. The application is for: Construction of three bedroom, five-person detached dwelling on land adjacent to 137 Arkwrights. Below are just two of the objections to the application. You…

EAST Herts District Council have confirmed that their Development Management Committee (DMC) will meet on Tuesday 28 February and consider Places for People’s application for up to 8,500 new homes as part of Harlow & Gilston Garden Town.  Consideration of this application, which comprises six…

IMPROVING residents’ quality of life and green infrastructure were on the agenda at the latest Harlow & Gilston Garden Town (HGGT) board meeting. The meeting, which was held in the Civic Centre last Tuesday night (7 February), was attended by Councillor Russell Perrin, the Leader…

A BID has been launched to build 38 houses as part of a new garden suburb in Harlow. Harlow Council has received the plans by Anderson Group for the development in Moor Hall Road, which would form part of Harlow and Gilston Garden Town reports the…