Nestled away from view behind Burston Garden Centre is a surprising find, an entire village community designed to provide quality accommodation for the district’s older population. It’s a self-contained 13-acre space just outside Chiswell Green on the North Orbital Road, open to visitors from the local area and beyond, providing somewhere...
The future of the remaining butterfly meadows at the former Butterfly World tourist attraction have been secured, with the owners ordered to restore and maintain certain areas of the site. Due to sustained trading losses, the Butterfly World Project closed in December 2015, leaving the site in disuse before it was...
With just days to go before an emergency meeting of SADC’s Full Council is expected to approve the St Albans Local Plan, further reactions to the Planning Inspectors’ report have come in from campaigners and councillors. After a three-year preparation process and rigorous scrutiny by Inspectors Matthew Birkinshaw and Thomas Bristow,...
Deborah Heath is at Chiswell Green United Reformed Church for Breakaway Theatre’s take on the Bard’s comedy classic...
As the hearing date for Keep Chiswell Green's claim against SADC and developer Taylor Wimpey approaches, KCG has launched a fundraising initiative to raise the funds needed to take the case to court. Using CrowdJustice, a platform established to help individuals and campaign groups raise money for legal cases, KCG has...
Council bosses are ploughing ahead in defending a High Court challenge over its decision to grant approval for 191 homes in Chiswell Green – and YOU are paying their legal fees. The case, which relates to Taylor Wimpey’s reserved matters application for the Rose Meadows development site – land off Chiswell...
Villagers from communities across the St Albans district were out in force on Saturday to protest over the Government’s plans to concrete over the Green Belt. The Community Planning Alliance – made up of local campaigners from across the UK – organised a national Day of Action highlighting the urgency of...
Community campaign group Keep Chiswell Green has lodged a High Court claim challenging SADC’s decision to grant planning permission for 191 homes in the village. The development is part of a site on land south-west of Chiswell Green Lane which already has outline planning permission for up to 391 homes, a...
Councillors are set to decide how to proceed with plans for 191 homes on Green Belt land at Chiswell Green. The development is part of a site on land south-west of Chiswell Green Lane which already has outline planning permission for up to 391 homes, a primary school, and associated development. Now...
A new planning application for former tourist attraction Butterfly World to be used for a car storage facility has been submitted. Planning inspector Andrew Walker granted permission for Bud Rescue and Recovery to operate from the Green Belt site in July, but the decision was made without any public consulation, despite...
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