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STOP Harlow North

Unnecessary                                        Unsustainable                                        Undemocratic

 

January 2010 update

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It was too much to hope that the new (well we think they are) owners of Harlow-North-Harlow would be any more willing to respond on certain issues than Ropemakers.  See our 'No Comment' page for the questions they don't want to answer.
Happy New Year to all our supporters and thank you for all your efforts in 2009

2010 will be a busy year with a major consultation on the Local Development Framework for East Herts. We will also be watching the North Harlow Joint Venture, the speculative developers, very closely and holding them to account.

The new year has started with NHJV launching it first 'Peoples' Panel' survey. SHN is considering its response and would currently urge supporters not to reply to this survey. We have posed a number of questions to NHJV concerning this questionnaire and will provide you with a further update should this change.

The 'Panel' appears to consist of 300 selected volunteers that closely match a 'proxy' profile of a future community. They will be asked to respond to on-going questionnaires that test & refine the 'outcomes' from events. This might seem to bestow local legitimacy upon the development process. SHN does not intend to contribute to the design process for any major development north of Harlow. The land has not been allocated for development through the local planning process.

We are also concerned that this Peoples' Panel comprises only those people who fit a particular profile of the anticipated 'future community' whilst the current community is being sidelined by NHJV.
We believe that NHJV are not really interested in the answers to the questionnaire only that they can claim they have consulted and received a certain number of response. Please do not give them that satisfaction

Regards
Nigel Clark, Secretary STOP Harlow North

 

STOP Harlow North believes these proposals are

Unnecessary

Unsustainable

Undemocratic

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This site presents the aims and objectives of the STOP Harlow North action group.  We are dedicated to positively and actively opposing proposals to create a major development north of Harlow around the Hertfordshire villages of Eastwick, Gilston, High Wych, Hunsdon and Widford, and the town of Sawbridgeworth, on the basis that the locality needs:

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A better Harlow, not a bigger Harlow. Any development north of Harlow will compete with the existing town and hamper its regeneration

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To protect our environment. Greenbelt is there for a reason and should not be built on until all other alternatives have been exhausted.

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To protect the unique identity and historic character of rural villages

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To bring back fairness and democracy in the strategic planning process.

If you support one or more of these aims then please contact us by e-mail to find out how you can help ...or keep visiting this site for updates