Housing, planning and environment news

Harlow & Gilston Garden Town has unveiled a target of 1000 new jobs a year across the next 2 decades and the area becoming the fastest growing place in the UK. (more…)

Members discussed the business plan for the new waste and recycling service at the recent Cabinet meeting on Monday 15 July. (more…)

Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) is happy to announce that Nazeing Parish Council has been awarded funding to help refurbish the play area at Bumbles Green. (more…)

Leader of Harlow Council, Cllr Dan Swords, has been elected the inaugural Chairman of Harlow & Gilston Garden Town’s (HGGT) new Joint Committee. (more…)

A successful bid for government cash to fund a ground-breaking community project in Loughton’s Oakwood Hill estate has been approved. (more…)

The Greater South East Net Zero Hub, in partnership with Epping Forest District Council (EFDC), has expanded eligibility criteria to provide energy efficient upgrades to more low-income households in England. (more…)

Epping Forest District Council (EFDC) has been successful in its bid to Essex County Council for Public Health Accelerator funding, receiving over £200,000. (more…)

The flats are part of new development, The Chimes, in Lower Nazeing on the Epping Forest/Broxbourne border. (more…)

Essex County Council (ECC) has launched Climate Advice Packs for local residents, businesses, schools and early years. (more…)

Qualis Commercial has begun construction of 28 affordable family sized homes on the site of the former swimming pool at Roundhills in Waltham Abbey. (more…)