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Conservative Linda Haysey has decided not to stand in the May 4 local election, choosing instead to embark on a new chapter after 18 years.

Cllr Shane Manning, the planning committee chairman, said: "I have never seen a more egregious location [proposed] than this."

Area earmarked for disposal includes derelict Leahoe House mansion and gardens, 34 flats and houses, a disused nursery, allotments and tennis courts.

Harlow & Gilston Garden Town opponents claim the seven settlements fail to provide affordable housing and pose significant threat to NHS services.

Uttlesford is one of 10 local authorities targeted in Essex as part of nationwide expansion plans by the hotel chain for 300 new sites.

Application for change of use submitted by building's owner encountered no objections from parish council.

The proposals are for land on the Bishop's Gate estate off the B1004 Great Hadham Road.

Countryside asked the town council to consider running the centre and suggested it could have the freehold, but has downgraded the potential deal.

Officers have recommended that councillors grant planning permission for Taylor Wimpey to build up to 1,500 homes.

Proposals for 19 homes and space for uses including shops, restaurants, gym, health centre or crèche on corner of South Street and Station Road.

The latest application is for land east of London Road to replace rooftop equipment at The Bishop’s Stortford High School.

The parish poll was proposed by Gailie Pollock, who runs Contexture Theatre, at Bishop's Stortford's annual town meeting on Monday.

The road was due to be closed until May 8 but Herts county councillor Graham McAndrew has revealed it will reopen on Friday (Mar 10).

The amendment to a planning condition would mean HGVs would be able to travel along the A1184 through Sawbridgeworth on their way south.

Naisha Polaine said: "It's the most significant housing decision in the area since Sir Frederick Gibberd's plans for Harlow were approved."

Opponents claim councillors "nodded through" proposals with inadequate time to review documents and the result will be a "suburban sprawl".

Bishop's Stortford MP Julie Marson has asked Health Secretary Steve Barclay to step in and help deliver a new practice for South Street Surgery.

Lib Dem leader Cllr Mione Goldspink warned borrowing to invest in plans not supported by neighbours could prove "foolish" in decades to come.

East Herts Council green-lit the 8,500 homes in six villages – part of the Harlow and Gilston Garden Town project – on Tuesday.

Council says yes to biggest planning application in its 49-year history: six new villages as part of Harlow and Gilston Garden Town.