Sandy 4 St Albans

C76 is "highway authority speak" for the road that runs along the "left bank" of the Grand Union Canal from Hemel Hempstead’s magic roundabout to Abbots Langley past the former Ovaltine factory.  Between Nash Mills and Kings Langley Railway Station it runs through the westernmost edge of the St Albans parliamentary constituency, calling itself Lower [...]

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Today was the opportunity for general objectors to make their case against the proposed freight depot on the former Radlett aerodrome at Park Street. 

Some excellent submissions were made by local interest and residents’ groups and I had my two pennyworth as well.

You can read what I had to say below. 

I am just so angry that [...]

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I found myself joining Peter Trevelyan, Chairman of St Albans Civic Society, in proposing the motion that "We do not need to build in the Green Belt", at the Hertfordshire Association of Architects “Great Autumn Debate” last night at Ware Arts Centre.
We were opposed by Harpenden-based architect and planner Roger Shrimplin and local planning consultant [...]

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I am outraged by the ignorant and cynical way in which the Government has purported to respond to the Hands Off Herts e-petition on the Downing Street website.

What we have received is an anonymous stream of Downing Street drivel.  In Gordon Brown’s Brave
New World, it seems that the people of St Albans are viewed as [...]

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I have heard on the grapevine that the Government is to confirm that it is delaying issuing the final version of the East of England plan with its threat to build over the Green Belt round St Albans.

Apparently they have now received legal advice which endorses all of our attacks on the proposals – in [...]

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What is it about the Herts County Show that it always seems to rain?  I tell my daughter that if she ever gets married, she must never choose the weekend of the show.  Actually today was just about OK in terms of weather – a few showers which could be avoided by nimble footwork into [...]

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The “Hands Off Herts” e-petition has now gathered more than 1200 online signatures, and more are being added daily.  It is firmly in the top 200 petitions on the Prime Minister’s website out of more than 7,300 tabled.

I am very pleased that Anne Main MP has now followed her parliamentary colleague Grant Schapps MP and [...]

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More than 1,000 people have now signed up to the Hands Off Herts Downing St e-petition and it is now among the 200 best supported petitions on the Downing Street site – out of nearly 7,000 submitted! 

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Many of you may have seen that the Government’s plans to open up our Green Belt to housing developers may net a single developer £3 billion!  Talk about selling Hertfordshire for 30 pieces of silver.

Even if you weren’t in time for the official consultation responses, as well as signing the e-petition I believe it is [...]

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With over 600 signatures and still rising, our e-petition is now in the top five percent in terms of support on the Prime Minister’s website.  Thank you for all those who have signed it.

If you haven’t signed it yet, I’d be grateful if you’d spare 30 seconds to do so.  The petition is here.   And [...]

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