Located north of Harlow and across the River Stort in East Hertfordshire, the Gilston area of the Garden Town will feature 10,000 homes and associated infrastructure for seven new villages.
February and March 2023 saw the Development Management Committee of East Herts Council grant a resolution of agreement for planning permission across all 10,000 homes.
Planning permission was issued by East Herts Council on January 10 2025.
Six of the villages (8500 homes) are owned by Places for People with the seventh (1500 homes) on the books of Taylor Wimpey.
The East Herts Local Plan, adopted in October 2018, allocates this area of the Garden Town for the proposed new development.
East Herts Council are currently working both developers on a Section 106, a legal agreement between an applicant seeking planning permission and the local planning authority and used to mitigate the impact of new homes on the local community and infrastructure.
Gilston will also be connected to Harlow town centre by a new public travel route known as a Sustainable Transport Corridor.
It will prioritise walking, cycling and rapid bus transit and construction work has now started on this in Harlow.
February 2022 saw the Development Management Committee’s of both East Herts Council and Harlow Council approve the planning applications for a new eastern crossing over the River Stort and improvements to the current crossing.
Find out more about both projects by visiting our Stort Crossings FAQ here.
