Campaign against the concrete batching plant at Rush Green Farm 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 of local citizens, but it […]
Category: Development Objections
Object to Luton Airport Expansion
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 […]
No to doubling capacity at Luton Airport
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 […]
Highover Development
Comment on Highover Development DS and DE for the North Hertfordshire and Stevenage Green Party The Highover housing development (see Comet 28th June 2018) demonstrates the power of the council compared with the lack of any say by the people of Hitchin. The residents of North East Hitchin oppose this development because it destroys their […]
Network Rail Tree Felling
On Thurs 24 May it was tweeted that the notorious Network Rail tree felling programme had reached Knebworth. Network Rail neighbours in North Herts recently received a letter warning them of the action, but lineside trees that are not in people’s gardens remain at risk (e.g. those on Walsworth Common, or in Ransom’s recreation ground […]
English