Gilston Area Community Forum

Location: Manor of Groves Hotel, High Wych, Sawbridgeworth CM21 0JU, from 6.30-8.30pm

We will be sharing notes of Forums on the council’s web pages, highlighting the topics covered, and any actions or commitments made via a comments tracker.

Thursday 27 February 2025

Agenda to follow

Tuesday 13 May 2025

Agenda to follow

Past Forums: 

Wednesday 27 November 2024  6.30pm

 

Time
6.30pm	Drop In Sessions An opportunity to speak to developers and Council Officers - please come along with any specific questions you would like to ask
7pm	Welcome by Cllr Vicky Glover-Ward (Chair)
7.05pm	East Herts Local Plan  Consideration of flooding and drainage matters in the preparation of the Local Plan and the allocation of sites
7.30pm	Thames Water: Approach to the provision of capacity Developer Teams: Approach to development to build in capacity Presentation followed by Q and A
8.25pm	Formal close - but with Council Officers and other reps remaining for further informal questions/ discussions until 8.55pm

 

• Agenda 27 November 2024
• Thames Water Presentation

Wednesday, 25 September 2024 6.30pm

 

Time
6.30pm	Drop In Sessions An opportunity to speak to developers and Council Officers - please come along with any specific questions you would like to ask.
7.00pm	Welcome by Cllr Vicky Glover-Ward (Chair)
7.10pm	Harlow and Gilston Garden Town (HGGT) progress and update An update on recent activitity
7.40pm	Gilston Area Masterplanning feedback and updates Presentation
8.10pm	Ongoing and Enabling works Latest infromation and update
8.25pm	Close  With Council Officers and Developer teams remaining available for discussions/ questions.

 

• Agenda 25 September 2024
• People presentation
• Taylor Wimpey presentation
• HGGT presentation

Tuesday 27 February 2024 6.30pm

This first Forum will be to introduce Forum participants and hear from community about your interests. We’ll also share more on how the Forums will operate.

Agenda:

18.30 - 19.00	Arrivals and meet the team
19.00 - 19.15	1.Intro and Welcome 2.How the Forums will work 3.Gilston context
19.15 - 19.45	Developer presentations
19.45 - 19.50	Break
19.50 - 20.20	Community views
20.20 - 20.30	Close

 

• Council Introduction Presentation 27 February 2024 
• Applicant's Introduction Presentation 27 February 2024 

Wednesday 17 April 2024  6.30pm

 

18.30	Drop in sessions An opportunity to speak to the developers and Council Officers - bring any specific questions you'd like to ask.
19.00	1. Welcome by Cllr Vicky Glover-Ward (Chair)
19.15	2. Moving Forward to Delivery - Presentation with Q&A An overview of the next stages in the planning process
19.30	Comfort break (10 mins)
19.40	3. Community Discussion Breakout discussion groups to consider topics for future forums
20.20	Close

 

• Villages 1 to 6 Heads of Terms
• Village 7 Heads of Terms
• East Herts presentation
• Places For People presentation

We are looking at ways that we can make the Forum more accessible.  If you or someone you know are interested to learn more and would like to participate another way, please let us know your preferences by contacting us by email at community.forum@eastherts.gov.uk with “Engagement preferences” in the subject line, and we will do our best to accommodate, where we are able.