Harlow Growth Board

The Harlow Growth Board is a partnership of key stakeholders from the public, private and third sector which have a strong presence in Harlow.

The board will help implement our Town Investment Plan (TIP) submitted as part of Harlow Council’s successful Towns Fund bid.

The board will also provide strategic direction for the town’s growth and prosperity, coordinating strategic investments due to take place in Harlow including:

  • the relocation of UK Health Security Agency (formally known as Public Health England)
  • regeneration of Harlow town centre
  • the building of the Harlow Science Park and Enterprise Zone
  • Harlow and Gilston Garden Town
  • the new Princess Alexandra Hospital

You can read full details on the role of the board in the Growth Board terms of reference

Members

Darren Rodwell (chair of Harlow Growth Board) 

Managing Director of Harlow Council

Chris Vince - Member of Parliament for Harlow

Councillor Dan Swords - Leader of Harlow Council

Councillor Michael Hardware - Portfolio Holder for Local Govermnment Reorganisation and Devolution

Independent Chair of Harlow and Gilston Garden Town

Chair of Princess Alexandra Hospital

Non-Exec Chair at HTS Group Ltd and HTS (Property & Environment) Ltd

John McGill - Director at The UK Innovation Corridor

Councillor Lee Scott - Essex County Council

Martin John - Director of the Science Hub Programme at UK Health Security Agency

Chief Operating Officer at The South East Local Enterprise Partnership

Will Allanson - Deputy Principal at Harlow College

Professor Yvonne Barnett - Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation at Anglian Ruskin University

Chair of Harlow Art Trust

CEO of Rainbow Services

Representative from the Department for Work and Pensions

Representative from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Chris Chapman - Chair of Harlow Chamber of Commerce

Paul Drayton - Chair of BMAT Trust

Meetings

You can read the latest agendas and minutes of the Harlow Growth Board meetings