Councillors have rejected a petition by more than 500 residents to pause the Local Plan process and look again at housing need in a bid to save the Green Belt from development. A meeting of the planning policy and climate committee on Tuesday night called for a halt to the Plan...
The leader of Herts county council has washed his hands once and for all over the sale of the former Radlett Aerodrome for redevelopment as a rail freight terminal. Cllr Richard Roberts said: "Not withstanding the legal challenge brought through the Judicial review, the sale of this site was decided by...
Smallford neighbours have once again found themselves having to fight against plans to convert what should be a country park into a massive quarry with a lifetime of 40 years.Members of Smallford Residents Association have joined forces with nearby Ellenbrook Area Residents Association to oppose Brett Aggregates’ quarry application at...
The latest step in Luton Airport’s further expansion has been rubber-stamped by Government ministers. The Secretaries of State for Transport and for Levelling up, Housing and Communities have approved plans to increase numbers by one million a year – from 18m to 19m - but campaigners fear this is the start...
St Albans MP Daisy Cooper has met with Park Street residents to discuss the impact of the rail freight development on their lives and homes, and promised to take action to ensure planning conditions were enforced. Speaking to neighbours in Hampden Place, whose houses back onto the site, she told them:...
It was billed as the most important public consultation for a generation, but how many people have actually had their say on the draft St Albans Local Plan? St Albans council leader Cllr Chris White insists there has been a very good response to the consultation from residents, stakeholders and public...
Questions have been asked about the protection of great-crested newts believed to be living on the site of Park Street's proposed rail freight depot, and an historic gun turret in situ near the land. The Allan-Williams Turret, a Grade II listed gun turret, was originally constructed to defend Radlett Airfield and...
Five years ago, SADC took decisive steps to protect key business and office space in the district from being turned into flats and houses. The initiative by the then-Tory administration was prompted by the transformation of numerous business premises into residential homes, and saw portfolio holder for planning, Cllr Mary Maynard,...
A developer is appealing against the refusal of plans to build nine houses on Green Belt land behind properties in Napsbury. The scheme, by Montway Limited, is for six terraced houses, two semi-detached houses and one detached house to the rear of of 28 to 34 North Cottages, plus associated landscaping...
The inclusion of Bedmond Lane Wildlife Meadow in SADC’s draft Local Plan would make a mockery of any environmental credentials the council professes to promote, a senior wildlife expert has declared. Matt Dodds, planning and biodiversity manager for Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust, has urged the district council to see sense...
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