Portadown District Master Nigel Dawson said they had “lodged a notification to complete our return church parade, which we have been unlawfully and unjustly denied since 1998, and to bring our bannerette home to Carleton Street Orange Hall for the first time in just under 30 years”.
He said the current Parades Commission should not be making the final determination on the submission, as a result of the recent court case.
“That this commission remains in office, particularly the chair, is an affront to good public administration and undermines the authority of the secretary of state, who has shown himself impotent in the face of belligerent and arrogant commission,” he said.
“Let us be very clear: they have no credibility, they have no legitimacy and they have no lawful right to play any role in this determination.”
He added that there was no threat of violence or disruption from “any section of our community” regardless of the outcome of the application.
Portadown deputy district master Alistair Power said: “This limited parade is proportionate, inoffensive and wholly reasonable.
After the court case, there were calls for the resignation of the commissioners, including the chair, Prof Evelyn Collins. One commissioner Billy Gamble, who had faced the most public criticism, resigned.
The five-member Parades Commission now has 24 days to make a decision.
They will consult widely before announcing their verdict.
The commissioners’ jobs are part-time but their deliberations will be long and intensive.
The deadline for a decision is Sunday 27 September but it is likely to come a few days beforehand.
Anyone who disagrees with their judgement has the right to seek a judicial review of the decision.
A judge-led review into the Parades Commission is due to begin this month, instructed by the Secretary of State, Chris Bryant, and it will be completed before the end of November.
Dessie is a resident on the Garvaghy Road and and said the Orange Order is “marching over our rights”.
Speaking to The Nolan Show, Dessie said there “should be no parade ever” on the Garvaghy Road.
“No more weekly determinations so we can live as a community,” he added.
Posting on social media, external, the First Minister, Michelle O’Neill, said: “The days of unwanted marches being imposed on the Garvaghy Road community are over.
“The people of this small community should be left to live in peace, free from fear and intimidation,” she added.
O’Neill said her party “stands fully with the people of Garvaghy Road”.