The Consultation Expiry Date for an application to build 47 houses on the meadow at the top of Grays Lane, Hitchin, has been extended to January 26th. This relates to Planning Application (Ref: 22/03092/FP) The Application is to build a new road and junction on the existing bridle way and enable another development in the […]
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The North Herts and Stevenage Green Party supports this proposal in principle but believes the application requires binding conditions if the application is to be approved. We support this proposal as one of the measures needed to combat the climate emergency and the UK’s aim to reach net zero by 2050. Without such developments this […]
Restore the chalk stream meadow at Wrights Farm, Pirton Wrights Farm Working Group and Wild About Pirton have started an online petition to Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) to work with them in order to restore the chalk and spring meadows at the former farm. In 2019, HCC submitted plans for four dwellings on the land […]
Deolinda Eltringham on behalf of the Green Party – Planning Ref: 22/00516/FP – Objection 22/00516/FP | Erection of nine detached dwellings (2 x 3-bed, 1 x 4-bed and 6 x 5-bed) including garaging, parking, landscaping and creation of vehicular access off Gray’s Lane. | Land To The West Of Lucas Lane And East Of Headlands […]
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North Herts and Stevenage Green Party comments on the outline Planning Application 18/01154/OP for a development of 700 houses on the Green Belt, north of Highover Farm The North Herts and Stevenage Green Party objects to this proposal primarily on the grounds that it represents urban sprawl, unjustified encroachment into the Green Belt, does not […]
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North Herts and Stevenage Green Party comments on the Planning Application 21/03380/FP for a solar farm on land to north and east of Great Wymondley. The North Herts and Stevenage Green Party supports this proposal in principle but believes it needs both significant revision and the application of binding conditions if the application is to […]
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Protect our Green Belt Article submitted by Kruna Vukmirovic North Herts District District Council (NHDC) wants to permit building on selected sites within the Green Belt because of the ever increasing need for new housing. As outlined in its Local Plan 2011 -2031, NHDC enables the delivery of 14,560 new homes from 2011 to 2031. […]
Campaign against the concrete batching plant at Rush Green Farm:A campaign led by Nicky Clark In 2018 an application to develop a concrete batching plant at Rush Green Farm in Langley, on the B656 between Hitchin and Codicote was approved. I have been opposed to this development since the beginning along with a huge number […]
London Luton Airport Limited (LLAL) is proposing to significantly expand. Nearly doubling in size, the plans would cater for an additional 14 million passengers per year, almost doubling the airport’s current capacity. Apart from the already suggested DART line – a light railway line, which would link Luton Station with the airport – the plans […]
Luton Borough Council owns the airport through its company Luton London Airport Limited, receives the income from it (£47 million profit last year), and also acts as the planning authority – a significant conflict of interest. LLAL want to double capacity at Luton Airport, which is already the UK’s fifth largest airport. The owners set […]
