Harlow and Gilston Garden Town
In addition to new homes, the site will deliver a significant amount of new infrastructure including schools, health facilities and parks. Substantial financial contributions will also be made to off-site infrastructure, such as new roads and bridges to improve connectivity over the River Stort.
The Gilston Area forms part of the wider Harlow and Gilston Garden Town (HGGT), which was designated a Garden Town by the Ministry for Homes, Communities and Local Government in January 2017, and will include the development of 23,000 new homes across new neighbourhoods to the east, west, and south of Harlow, and the Gilston Area to the north. East Herts District Council is working with Harlow Council, Epping Forest District Council, Hertfordshire County Council, Essex County Council and Homes England to plan this growing community and to ensure that we deliver a development of the highest quality and that is reflective of Garden Town principles.
Further details about the HGGT and its associated publications which are a material consideration in planning decision making can be viewed on the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town website.
As well as working with other local authorities and statutory bodies, the council is committed through its Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) and District Plan to ensuring that engagement with the local community at every stage of the planning process is undertaken. A Gilston Area Community Engagement Strategy has been produced with input from representatives of the local parishes, which aims to establish how the various parties involved in the growth of the Gilston Area will undertake engagement, collaboration and co-operation with the community at various stages of the planning process.
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East Herts and Harlow Councils are currently considering the detail of the submitted applications, with a view to determining the two crossing applications in the Autumn. It is likely that the determination of the Outline application will be delayed until Spring 2022.
Everyone who responded will be notified about when a decision will be taken on the applications.
Please see the Gilston Area Planning Applications Summary for a summary of the various planning applications and our Harlow and Gilston Frequently Asked Questions page which provides further details on the project.
Copies of all the information submitted in support of the application by Places for People can be found by visiting our planning portal using the references set out below, where you can also make comments online. In order for comments to be taken into account in the determination of the two crossings applications they must be received no later than 5pm on 10 September 2021.
- Outline planning application with all matters reserved apart from external vehicular access for a mixed use development of up to 8,500 homes for a part of the Gilston Area (East Herts Council Reference 3/19/1045/OUT);
- Detailed planning application for alterations to the existing Fifth Avenue bridge (East Herts Council Reference 3/19/1046/FUL, Harlow Council Reference HW/CRB/19/00220);
- Detailed planning application for erection of a new road, pedestrian and cycle bridge (East Herts Council Reference 3/19/1051/FUL, Harlow Council Reference HW/CRB/19/00221)
Comments may also be made in writing, sending them to East Herts Council at Wallfields, Pegs Lane, Hertford, SG13 8EQ. All comments should be directed only to East Herts Council which will be making them available to Harlow Council. Each Council will still be required to determine the applications in due course through their respective decision making processes and all comments submitted will be reported as appropriate to the Committees of both Councils.
Copies of the information can be inspected our offices in Hertford and Bishop’s Stortford. Appointments need to be made in advance to visit the offices via the Contact us page on our website or by calling 07739 285526.
