Easton Park
The Restoration of Easton Park
Tuesday 9 June 2020
The withdrawal of Uttlesford District Council’s draft Local Plan earlier this year hopefully means its proposal for a 10,000-home new town on Easton Park has died with it. Here, Vincent Thompson, of the campaign group Stop Easton Park, unveils the fascinating, and colourful, history of this beautiful place. The Restoration of Easton Park Introduction On […] Read more >
Uttlesford Local Plan is withdrawn from examination
Wednesday 6 May 2020
Uttlesford District Council has voted to withdraw its draft Local Plan from examination. A three-hour extraordinary general meeting on Thursday, April 30, concluded with a 31-7 vote to withdraw the Plan that had been submitted by the council’s previous Conservative administration in October 2018. Planning inspectors had reported in January that they could not find […] Read more >
Uttlesford campaigners highlight threat of housing onslaught
Wednesday 22 August 2018
Campaigners are stepping up their efforts to block proposals for new settlements in Uttlesford. Consultation on the draft Uttlesford District Local Plan closed on Monday, August 13, but the StopNUtown group still hopes that plans for 5,000 houses on some 1,100 acres of chalk hills north-east of Great Chesterford on the Essex-Cambridgeshire boundary can be […] Read more >