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,...
More than three decades since St Albans last had any semblance of a Local Plan and the final hurdles are in sight for this latest interation following approval by Government inspectors. The Lib Dem Plan took three years to prepare and allows for the building of 15,000 new homes in the...
A 68-year-old Redbourn golfer has surprised herself by winning not only the 2026 England Deaf Golf Senior Women's Championship but also the 2026 Women's Scratch Championship too. Karen Ellam, who previously had a golf handicap of five but now plays off 10, was unaware of England deaf golf and its nationwide...
Have you heard the tale of how a Redbourn man died after falling into a vat of jam at the village’s Brooke Bond factory during the Second World War? He was commemorated on a memorial bench following a lobbying campaign by local school children in 2003. Except none of this is true. An...
A Redbourn resident has formerly filed two sets of proceedings against SADC with the courts relating to the River Ver and Markyate Wastewater Treatment Works. Paul Crowley, 50, who lives in Ridgedown, has launched two different actions against the district council. The first is claim for damages in Herts County Court covering...
A petition calling on district councillors to reject the proposed Local Plan has now passed the 500-signature threshold which means it must be debated by the council. At the time of writing, the petition has attracted more than 600 signatures from residents across the district. The petition calls on councillors to vote...
RedFest 2026 proved to be another outstanding success, with this year’s festival delivering one of the biggest and best celebrations yet. For its sixth year, the organisers introduced a completely new site layout, creating more space for visitors and allowing a host of exciting new attractions to be added to the...
A Redbourn resident has formally served SADC with legal papers challenging planning decisionsaffecting both the parish of Redbourn and the River Ver catchment area. The legal challenge centres on the council's approval of residential development in the Redbourn area at a time when Markyate wastewater treatment works - the facility which...
James Cameron and Deborah Heath return to Redbourn for this year’s celebration of local produce and agriculture Like all outdoor events in this country your Hertfordshire County Show experience will be heavily impacted by the weather. Last year the weekend was overcast, always threatening to spill over into rain but never...
Golfing virgin Laura Bill grabs a set of clubs and heads off to Redbourn to see if it’s the sport for her...
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