Home News Harlow North: Ideas behind the town An emerging plan for Harlow North One place, one town - the need for integration Great streets, squares and spaces Creating neighbourhoods Achieving good mixed use Moving around the town Making town local: achieving 'sense of place' The town and the landscape Global and local environmental sustainability Delivery Timeline Have your say Key facts and figures Glossary of terms Further information Contact us		A series of seamlessly interconnected neighbourhoods would each have their own character – busier and more commercial near the town centre, more village-like further out. Each neighbourhood would have its own centre within about six minutes' walk from the neighbourhood edge. Features of the proposed neighbourhoods in Harlow North: • All the daily needs of the community are within walking distance or a short public transport journey. • Compact and pedestrian friendly, with a heart providing a focus for community life. • A variety of dwelling types, prices and tenures accommodate a mixed community. • Continuous and varied public realm, overlooked by buildings that provide natural surveillance and contact from those living and working inside. • A clear distinction between public space and private space, balancing community and privacy. • Built-in public transport, made viable by the location of mixed uses and appropriate densities close to the transit stops. • Streets are designed to avoid excessive speed to protect pedestrians and cyclists. • A variety of open spaces distributed within and sometimes between the neighbourhoods, ranging from small play areas to square and parks and, whenever possible, ecological and recreational greenways that form part of the wider structure of open space for the region. Harlow North: an example of a village centre in an outlying area, with shops and a pub around a village square. Harlow North: neighbourhood centres – the circles represent an average 6-minute walk.
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