From humble beginnings in the heart of lockdown, a Chiswell Green pizzeria is gaining widespread recognition for its specialist pies. James Woodley and Grace Surman stumbled across what was to become Gracey’s in the middle of the pandemic, a disused shop on the outskirts of the village at 339 Watford Road,...
Questions have been raised over the safety of a breathtaking new slide in a St Albans playpark. The apparatus, at Greenwood Park in Chiswell Green, is apparently causing children injuries, prompting parents and carers to demand immediate action from the parish council responsible for it. Qualified teacher and nanny Claire Randall said...
Appeals against enforcement action to remove illegally stored vehicles from the former Butterfly World site have been rejected – but it could be next summer before they are removed. The one-time tourist attraction in Chiswell Green features diggers, recovery trucks and hundreds of cars parked up alongside semi-permanent structures in the...
Members of Keep Chiswell Green are mounting an awareness campaign in the centre of the village tomorrow in a bid to highlight the traffic impact of the Cala and Polo developments . On March 22, the Secretary of State approved the appeals by Cala Homes and Headlands Way to build 721...
Residents of Chiswell Green have been warned they are sleep-walking to environmental disaster if they don’t fight two proposed housing developments in the village. The Secretary of State recently approved appeals by Cala Homes and Headlands Way (the Polo Field) to build 721 new homes on Green Belt land, and the...
A decision by the Planning Inspectorate to approve a development of 53 houses on Green Belt land on the northern side of Ragged Hall Lane is a further blow to villagers in Chiswell Green say campaigners, but what are the wider implications? Despite detailed surveys of the usage of the very...
Campaign group Keep Chiswell Green is offering residents the chance to discuss some of the contentious planning applications affecting the district. A public meeting this weekend will shed a light on what is happening with the challenge to the Secretary of State's decision to approve the appeals by Cala Homes and...
On March 22, the Secretary of State, Michael Gove, published his long-awaited decision on planning appeals by Cala Homes and Headlands Way (known locally as the Polo Field) and granted permission for 721 new houses to be built on the edge of Chiswell Green village. These developments will increase the size...
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...
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...
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