Housebuilder Cala Homes has snapped up another potential development site, adding to their portfolio of land across the district. The new acquisition from the Sewell Trust is land in north St Albans behind Harpenden Road, and will be their fourth local development site. Cala, which is the “build to sell” real estate...
The grassroots campaign group fighting against the over-development of Chiswell Green has issued a damning indictment of yesterday's appeal verdict - blaming St Albans district council for its repeated failure to produce a Local Plan. It was announced that Felicity Buchan, the Minister for Housing and Homelessness, has agreed to accept...
Since Simon Grover first stood as the Greens’ Parliamentary candidate for St Albans back in 2019, the political landscape has undergone a seismic transformation, leaving the shape of local government in a very different state to how it was five years ago. The Conservative Party has been annihilated in a series...
Two controversial Green Belt developments in Chiswell Green have been approved by Housing Minister Felicity Buchan. Developers want to stick housing on Green Belt land at St Stephen’s Farm and south of Chiswell Green Lane, with up to 1,800 new residents predicted. It is feared the developments will result in years of...
Why did SADC fail to consult Verulamium Park businesses ahead of slashing opening times of the popular splash park? As part of recent service cuts introduced to balance the council’s budget, this summer the splash park will only be open for eight weeks - six during the school summer holidays, and...
St Albans Bach Choir celebrates 100 years of music-making on Saturday with a special performance of J. S. Bach’s monumental St Matthew Passion. The choir began life as the ‘Augmented Cathedral Choir’, founded to perform large-scale choral works by supplementing the Cathedral Choir with extra voices. Fittingly, Cathedral choristers will also...
District council bosses are remaining tight-lipped over what progress has been made on the much-delayed external audit of 20/21 accounts. At a recent meeting of SADC’s audit and governance committee, the work is listed on the audit work programme calendar as “unallocated”, although it was later suggested it could be completed...
Some of the legendary names of international cricket will be coming to St Albans to do battle with our homegrown heroes. Old Albanian Cricket Club will be playing the Lashings International Cricket Squad, dubbed ‘The Harlem Globetrotters of cricket’, on June 28. Squad announcements will be popping up in stages over the...
For the third year in succession a pair of peregrine falcons who have made St Albans Cathedral their home are breeding again. The birds, one of only five breeding pairs in the county, have been sighted on and around the Cathedral since early spring.After last year's success with a webcam to...
Retailers have condemned plans to scrap free parking bays across the district as part of a major review by SADC. As revealed in last week’s St Albans Times, the council wants to examine the provision of on-street car parking across the district, and decide whether it is sustainable to continue to...
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