I am frankly dismayed by Hertfordshire County Council’s decision not to make any highways-related objection to the Helioslough freight terminal application. It looks like they have just caved in to Helioslough’s legal threats. It is totally abject for them to cite concern about costs being awarded against them – of course there is [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Park Street'
Stabbed in the front by Herts County Council
October 28th, 2009 · No Comments · Hands off Herts, Sandy's blog
Tags:Helioslough·Herts County Council·Park Street·Radlett freight terminal·Sandy Walkington·St Albans
Over 1200 against, one or two for – it can only be one thing
July 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Hands off Herts, Sandy's blog
Those were the letters sent to St Albans District Council in connection with Helioslough’s second application to build the freight terminal. Tonight’s meeting of the St Albans Planning Referrals Committee duly threw the application out No real surprise there.
The big new news is the opposition of the Association of Train Operating Companies [...]
Tags:ATOC·Helioslough·Park Street·railfreight·Thameslink 2000
All that is needed for evil to triumph…
July 13th, 2009 · No Comments · Sandy's blog
I don’t always quote Conservative philosophers in my speeches. But I did quote Edmund Burke in my speech at the demonstration against the Helioslough freight terminal application organised by STRiFE outside the Alban Arena on Saturday. All that is needed for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.
There must have been a [...]
Tags:Alban Arena·Bedmond·Bricket Wood·Chiswell Green·Colney Heath·French market·Helioslough·How Wood·London Colney·Park Street·St Albans·St Albans Civic Society·St Albans Clock Tower
St Albans and the Helioslough dragon
April 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Hands off Herts, Sandy's blog
As we always knew they would, Helioslough are back with a repeated application to build their monster freight terminal.
It’s a kick in the teeth for local people. St Albans Council still needs to see the detail of the application to check that it fits the rules. If it really is unchanged from the previous application [...]
Tags:Helioslough·Park Street·STRiFE