Campaigners challenging a proposed rail freight terminal on the former Radlett airfield in Park Street have been told their case will be heard in the Royal Courts of Justice on June 11. If the court rules that Herts county council did not follow the correct legal process when selling the land...
St Albans MP Daisy Cooper told a packed meeting of concerned residents that she fully backed a legal challenge which could stop the development of a huge freight terminal on the site of the old Radlett airfield. And in a further boost for the campaign, Deputy Prime Minister and MP for...
Campaigners fighting the proposed rail freight terminal on the former Radlett airfield have arranged a public meeting to update residents on the latest legal ruling that could see the development blocked. St Albans MP Daisy Cooper will also address Sunday's meeting, which takes place at 2pm in Greenwood Park Leisure Centre,...
The campaign to stop a huge freight terminal being built on Green Belt in St Albans received a huge boost this week after a judge ruled that a legal challenge against the sale of the land will be decided in court later this year. The campaign group Save St Albans: Fight...
Should more be done to protect households from the noise of the busy A405? Locals living in the vicinity of the route have long since complained about the traffic noise on the A405 North Orbital Road between Park Street Roundabout and the Noke Hotel. According to noise mapping data from DEFRA, the...
A heated row has broken out over whether heavy lorries are allowed to use a single-track country route to access the Park Street rail freight terminal site. Beningfield Drive is a historically frequented bridleway for the use of walkers, horses and cyclists. It is reached from Ventura Park industrial estate, to...
Campaigners are urging St Albans councillors to remove key Green Belt sites from the draft Local Plan before it’s too late. Members of Team CLASH, Keep Chiswell Green and Greenbelt are insisting changes to the National Planning Policy Framework provide the perfect opportunity to amend the plan. The revised NPPF, which was...
Residents have won the latest battle to prevent the development of farmland in Park Street. A second planning committee meeting took place on Monday night to decide the fate of Green Belt land west of Watling Street. This issue was whether to allow the building of 95 houses son 11 acres of...
One year ago this week, a group of concerned residents held a public meeting to discuss plans by Herts county council to sell 300 acres of valuable Green Belt land south of St Albans to developers proposing to build a huge rail freight terminal. Even though planning permission had been granted...
An application from Scott Properties to build 95 houses on 11 acres of arable land in Park Street is due once again before the planning committee on Monday, five months after a decision was deferred. In August the committee requested that the planning department seek expert consultants to support their case...
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