Bishop' Stortford Schools (23 Oct 12): The Planning Appeal against the refusal by East Herts District Council of the proposed relocation of two Bishop's Stortford Secondary Schools to a single Green Belt site south of the town has been rejected by Secretary of State Eric Pickles, bringing to an end 8 years of blight affecting not only the GB site but 4 other sites which would have been developed for housing to pay for the move, resulting in 700 new houses.
Copsewood Hotel 27 November 2012: CPRE Hertfordshire dismayed at Secretary of State decision not to call in St Albans District Council decision to grant planning permission for a 150-bedroom Copsewood hotel and conference centre in the Green Belt opposite the Noke Hotel at the Watford Road/A405/North Orbital Road junction, Chiswell Green. Read more below
True threat to Green Belt not spelt out in Welwyn Hatfield consultations: CPRE Hertfordshire urge residents of Welwyn Hatfield and the neighbouring areas in St. Albans and East Herts, to respond to two consultations with a deadline of 31 January 2013 because of the potential impact of their proposals for new Housing on the Green Belt. Read More Below
THREE RIVERS CORE STRATEGY - FIRST IN HERTS. TO BE ADOPTED: In October 2011
ST ALBANS LOCAL PLAN SHELVED13 December 2012: Countryside campaigners CPRE Hertfordshire are deeply concerned at the implications of the decision by St Albans District Council on 28 November to shelve its Strategic Local Plan Read more below
LUTON AND S CENTRAL BEDS CORE STRATEGY WITHDRAWN: The Submitted Core Strategy has been withdrawn following an instruction to do so by the Secretary of State in the light of concerns expressed by many consultees, including CPRE Hertfordshire. Read the letter below
