The Harlow Alliance Party has long campaigned against building on the Green Belt close to the boundary of Harlow, supported by over 900 residents who signed a petition objecting to the proposals to the south and west of the town.
The present consultation follows in the same manner, the proposals will have far reaching effect on existing residents in the town, but EFDC have again chosen to seek the views of residents in only a small part of Harlow and given them just three weeks to respond. Harlow Council on the other hand has made no attempt to advise residents of the planning application.
Anyone currently trying to navigate Harlow’s roads will know that sitting in queues of traffic is now a daily routine no matter which route you take.
On reading the detail of the Latton Priory outline planning application the more it becomes apparent that once again priority is being given to profit making house construction over the delivery of timely supportive infrastructure.
There is evidence in the outline planning application that the proposed STC route from Harlow Town to Commonside Rd through to Latton Priory will not be completed until 2030 at the earliest.The aspirations of the HGGT Transport Strategy – to achieve a mode split of 60% by non-car driver modes in garden communities, and of 50% across the town as a whole by 2033 is going to face challenges without the delivery of the Latton Priory STC mobility hub. And for residents who move into homes built in the early phases of the site development there will be compromised public travel options.