Voting for the Green Flag People’s Choice award for 2020 is now open until 25 November. This is a public vote for the top ten parks in the country. Why not show your appreciation for Harlow’s four 2020 award winners and all the hard work that staff and volunteers put in to keep them so…

It was recently announced that four sites in Harlow have won Green Flag awards for 2020/21. It’s the 12th for Parndon Wood, 5th for the Town Park, 4th for Harlow Mill and a first for Harlow Museum Walled Gardens. The Green Flag Awards scheme recognises well-managed parks and green spaces, setting the benchmark standard for…

We have written to Robert Halfon MP in advance of the Parliamentary debate on the Planning White paper that will take place on Thursday 8th October. The letter is given below and contains a link to the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) briefing on the White Paper. CPRE is also running a petition on…

You will no doubt have seen in local and national media that the government is consulting on radical changes to the current planning system whose framework was established by the 1947 Town and Country Planning Act. The proposals and the consultation, open until 29th October, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/planning-for-the-future/planning-for-the-future#basic-information We will be responding to…

Our Town Park is now on the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England and is listed at Grade II. This follows a review visit in December 2019 by Historic England and the Gardens Trust. Their report states: ‘Harlow Town Park was planned between 1949 and 1953 by the planner and…

You are warmly invited to join our first walk since the lockdown has relaxed. We invite you to join John Curry on 3rd September 2020 in an opportunity to view and review recent developments to Newhall. Starting at the excellent New Ground Cafe at 2pm, there is adequate street parking in the vicinity. The walk…

We now have the display boards from the PHE virtual consultation in June 2020 available for download here. You can also see the online PHE Hub community newsletter from May 2020 that was produced for the consultation here.

Harlow Council has released proposals for public consultation to improve and modernise Market Square, Playhouse Square and College Square in the town centre. The council has put together two proposed schemes which are aimed at supporting the regeneration of the town centre. Both schemes will be part of a business case for up to £25m…

A message to Harlow Civic Society members from Michael Beard, Head of External Community Engagement (Science Hub) at Public Health England. Public Health England is about to enter the next significant stage of the programme to create our new public health science campus and headquarters at Harlow. In July, we will be submitting a final…

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