Tag: Housing

Hertford Councillors on the District Council’s ‘Call for Sites’

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A message to Castle Ward residents from Green Councillors Rachel Carter and Sarah Hopewell. Like us, you may have seen a letter recently from a Conservative town councillor about the District Council’s ‘Call for Sites’ and how that might impact the land to the East of Queen’s Road and another South of Hornsmill Road. We […]

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A Huge, Distant Herts Unitary Authority May Not Deliver Change Says Green Party Council Leader

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Cllr Ben Crystall, Leader of East Herts District Council, reacts to a report in The Sunday Times that district councils in Hertfordshire could be abolished in the biggest reform of local government in over 50 years. “We all want efficient, cost-effective and properly democratic local government. But the truth is size really does matter, and […]

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Buntingford’s Green Party Councillors Speak Up For residents as Unpopular Planning Application is Refused

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Buntingford’s Green Party councillors passionately spoke up for residents, when a controversial planning application to relocate a medical centre and build 200 homes, was presented to the Development Management Committee this week (Wednesday 13 November). The Development Management Committee is a cross-party group of councillors, who are tasked with reviewing all large-scale planning applications.  The […]

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Buy to Live or Buy to Invest: Why we need a new approach to solve the housing crisis. An opinion piece by District Councillor Nick Cox.

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District Councillor Nick Cox argues we need a new approach to crack the housing crisis, moving away from a reliance on the private sector. A different way of delivering homes people can afford to rent or buy whilst protecting green spaces.  Two narratives dominate discussions about the housing market: Both are underpinned by a common […]

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Hertford Councillor Sarah Hopewell on the go-ahead given to build on the much-loved Bengeo Field

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Hertford Town and District Councillor Sarah Hopewell unpicks the latest planning decision to be made in East Herts (HERT4 in Bengeo), explaining its fate was sealed to some extent by the government’s high housing targets and when the previous Conservative District Council administration agreed to open up the site for developers.  Bengeo field is a […]

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