Decision details

To decide an application from the Parish Council to establish a Neighbourhood Area for planning purposes

(1)        That the area in the north of the Parish shown on the map at Appendix 1 of the report be excluded from the Neighbourhood Area applied for by Epping Upland Parish Council for the following reasons:

            (a)        a number of strategic cross boundary matters had been identified, which   included but were not limited to Green Belt review, cross District    boundary agreement of housing and job growth figures, and planning and      delivery of key strategic infrastructure;

            (b)        the matters identified in (a) above were not within the remit of a       Neighbourhood Plan to address;

            (c)        a comprehensive assessment of all of the possible sites around     Harlow (in Epping Forest, Harlow and East Hertfordshire District Council          areas) had to be carried out to ensure that the most suitable site(s) (if any at all) were allocated for development in Local Plans for those three Districts;            and

            (d)        the proposed area to be excluded from the Neighbourhood Area      designation was defined by existing physical and administrative boundaries,       and did not cover an area of high existing population.