Local Plan

Stage 9 Hearings Potential Additional Sites for Housing Development at Villages excluded from the Green Belt March 2021

 For details Clck here 

 

Stage 9 Hearings Further Sites of Housing Development submitted to the Examination by the Council March 2021

For details Here

 

Stage 9 Hearings Windfalls February 2021

For details here

 

Stage 9 Hearings Fully Objectively-Assessed Housing Needs February 2021

For details here 

 

Stage 9 Hearings Treatment of Green Belt Boundaries February 2021

For details here here 

 

Response to the Call for Sites Consultation 2019

For details Click here  

 

March 2017 Summary of latest position

LOCAL PLAN: POSITION AFTER 16 MARCH 2017

On 16 March 2017, the Council’s Cabinet Housing and Planning Panel (CHPP) reviewed the public’s responses to the Draft Local Plan. The Panel considered the Officers’ recommendations contained in an extensive review/report and agreed to recommend the Draft Plan, with only minor modifications, to the full Council for approval.

You can see the Officer’s report by clicking here

The key chapters for North Mymms are 20, 21and 22.

For North Mymms, the following sites remain within the Plan.

Welham Green

Marshmoor: SDS7(WeG4b). Proposal for approximately 40,500 sqms of Class B1 employment floorspace; and around 80 dwellings.

Foxes Lane, Dixons Hill Road: HS35(GTLAA01) 12 pitches for Gypsy and Traveller use.

Brookmans Park

Land west of Golf Club Road: HS21 (BrP13) residential use,14 dwellings.

Land east of Golf Club Road: HS23 (BrP14) residential use,10 dwellings.

Land west of Brookmans Park railway station: HS22(BrP4) residential use, 250 dwellings.

Little Heath

Land south of Hawkshead Road: HS24 (BrP7) residential use, 100 dwellings.

Land north of Hawkshead Road: HS25 (LHe1) residential use, 35 dwellings.

What happens now?

The draft goes to the full Council for approval. Once approved it will be submitted for examination by an Inspector from the Planning Inspectorate to determine whether the Plan is “Sound”.

Is it possible to make further representations?

At this stage you could write to the Council to urge it not to approve the Draft. NMDGBS has asked to give evidence to the Inspector at the public examination and hope we will be able to do so.

September 2016 Summary of what is in the draft Local Plan
September 2016 - 'Summary of potential points for objection' Handout
August 2016 - Final consultation on house building threat

Last Chance Saloon
Welham Green
North Mymms Youth and Community Centre
Monday 19 September 2016 At 8PM

Brookmans Park
United Reformed Church
Bluebridge Road
Wednesday 21 September 2016 At 8PM

Our Latest update on the local plan can be viewed by clicking here

 

July 2016

We attended the Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council meeting of the Cabinet Housing Planning Panel on 13 June 2016 where ALL the sites recommended by the Planning Officers for the Draft Local Plan were voted in favour of (with the inclusion of additional site Hat11) by the six Conservative Councillors, including Brookmans Park and Little Heath ward councillor Stephen Boulton (Chairman). The three Labour Councillors and one Lib/Dem Councillor voted against.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR NORTH MYMMS?
The following are the recommended sites:

WELHAM GREEN:
WeG4b Marshmoor – 80 dwellings and 40,500m2 of employment land
GTLAA01 Foxes Lane – 12 pitches
Hat11 Land at Southway (next to New Barnfield) – 120 dwellings

BROOKMANS PARK:
BrP4 Land west of Brookmans Park – 250 dwellings
BrP13 West of Golf Club Road – 14 dwellings
BRP14 East of Golf Club Road – 10 dwellings

LITTLE HEATH:
BrP7 Hawkshead Road (on a reduced site area) – 100 dwellings
LHe1 Land north of Hawkshead Road – 35 dwellings

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
The next Cabinet Housing Planning Panel meeting will be on 14 July 2016 when the Councillors will be approving the Final Draft. We will be attending and will keep you informed.

The Draft Local Plan will have a final Public Consultation in the summer.

As soon as we have the final details we will be holding Public meetings in Welham Green and Brookmans Park and will keep you informed with our newsletter.

CONFUSED?
Although all the Welham Green sites are considered suitable, they have not been put forward because of limited primary school capacity and no alternative site has been identified to deliver an expanded school.

Recently reports in the Welwyn Hatfield Times have suggested the inclusion of WeG15 Potterells in the Draft Local Plan. The original proposal for Potterells does not not have a primary school but Colin Haigh, Head of Planning, revealed at the 13 June 2016 Cabinet Housing Planning Panel meeting that they have now received a letter from the site promotor for a proposed school. We have queried this with Planning and have been advised that the proposal came in too late to be included in the Local Plan. It could be raised during the consultation period and maybe during the Inspector’s examination.

We will be monitoring this situation and will keep you informed.

The Planning Officers have stated that if WeG15 Potterells came forward then it could include WeG3 Welham Manor – 45 dwellings (potential for 64 subject to alternative access arrangements) with access from Potterells.

May 2016 - LOCAL PLAN - ANNOUNCEMENT

We are pleased to note that many of the new and amended Green Belt sites that were reported to the Welwyn Hatfield Cabinet Housing Planning Panel on 25 June 2015 and 14 August 2015 now appear to have failed the first SHLAA (Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment) and will not be taken forward.

1) BrP21 Great North Road / Woodside Lane Brookmans Park

2) BrP22 45/47 Kentish Lane Brookmans Park

3) BrP23 Adjacent 12-14 Bulls Lane Brookmans Park

4) BrP24 White Lodge Farm, Bulls Lane Brookmans Park

5) BrP25 Old Bell Bar Nursery, Bulls Lane Brookmans Park

6) BrP26 Meadow Croft, Great North Road Brookmans Park

7) BrP27 Land spanning New Cottages Lane Brookmans Park

8) BrP28 Bell Lane Gospel Hall Brookmans Park

9) BrP29 Land south of Bulls Lane Brookmans Park

10) BrP30 rear of 10-18 Mymms Drive Brookmans Park

11) LHe3 Swanley Park, Swanley Bar

12) WeG16 North of Bulls Lane Welham Green

September 2015 - CABINET HOUSING AND PLANNING PANEL

The Public Report Pack for the CHPP meeting on 24 September has been released.
Click here to view it

As expected it contains a Local Plan update and details of the new sites submitted before the 14 August deadline (Local Plan is page 7 onwards).

The North Mymms sites are as folows:
BrP24 White Lodge Farm, Bulls Lane Brookmans Park New site -60 Dwellings

BrP25 Old Bell Bar Nursery, Bulls Lane Brookmans Park New site -10 Dwellings

BrP26 Meadow Croft, Great North Road Brookmans Park New site -15 Dwellings

BrP27 Land spanning New Cottages Lane Brookmans Park New site -40 Dwellings

BrP28 Bell Lane Gospel Hall Brookmans Park New Site 7 Dwellings -7 Dwellings

BrP29 Land south of Bulls Lane Brookmans Park New site -15 Dwellings

BrP30 rear of 10-18 Mymms Drive Brookmans Park New Site -30 Dwellings

BrP31 r/o 70 Georges Wood Road Brookmans Park New site – adjoins BrP14 – 4 Dwellings

Hat11 South of Hatfield Hatfield Revised site area for housing, and/or employment, retail. Adjoins potential cemetery site. – 150 Dwellings

LHe3 Swanley Park, Swanley Bar Swanley Bar New Site – 100 Dwellings

WeG8 New Barnfield Welham Green Re-submitted – 325 Dwellings

WeG10 Dixons Hill Road Welham Green Re-submitted (previously withdrawn) – 120 Dwellings

WeG14 1-2 Railway Cottages, Marshmoor Lane Welham Green New site -4 Dwellings

WeG15 Potterells Farm Welham Green New site – 175 Dwellings

WeG16 North of Bulls Lane Welham Green New site – 9 Dwellings

August 2015 - WeG10 Re Submitted

Site WEG10, for 120 houses on Dixons Hill Road, was originally assessed as a “More Favourable” site but was then withdrawn from the Local Plan.

WeG10 has now been re-submitted.

July 2015 - Marshmoor Development Proposal

Public Consultation and Exhibition
North Mymms Memorial Hall
Station Road
Thursday 6th August 2015
3.00-8.00pm

Developers have submitted a proposal to Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council to build a business park with 25,000m2 of floor space and also 110-120 new dwellings on the green belt fields between the Rookery Café and behind and beyond GT Towing on the A1000 Great North Road.
Click here for further details

We think it is important that as many people as possible attend and voice their opinions because a low turnout can be used by the developer to support their planning application.

You can view the developers promotional brochure below

Proposed Green Belt Development Plans

BrP1
Land at Bell Lane
100 Dwellings – Finely Balanced
Developer – Mr Alan W D Perkins FRICS, Aurora Properties Ltd
Contents – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3451639
Executive Summary – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3451640
Site Assessment – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3451683
Illustrative Layout Plan and Connectivity Bell Bar and Brookmans Park – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3453118
New Public Footpath and Cycle Way – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3453128

BrP2
Land North East of the Great North Road
55 Dwellings – Less Favourable
No Proposal

BrP4
West of Brookmans Park
300 Dwellings – Finely Balanced
Developer – Royal Veterinary College
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3374938

BrP6
Land at Bluebridge Road
170 Dwellings – Finely Balanced
Developer – Royal Veterinary College
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3375055

BrP7
Land South of Hawkshead Road
140 Dwellings – More Favourable
Developer – Royal Veterinary College
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3375113

BrP9
Friday Grove
190 Dwellings – Less Favourable
Developer – Mr Ian Hollocks, Living Villages
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3411054

BrP10
Raybrook Farm
120 Dwellings – Less Favourable
Developer – Mr Ian Hollocks, Living Villages
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3411053

BrP12
Peplins Wood
40 Dwellings – Finely Balanced
Developer – Mr A Perkins, Aurora Properties Ltd
Contents – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435430
Executive Summary – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435720
Footpath and Cycle Way – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435705
Green Belt Review – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435701
Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity Study –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435646
Layout 1 Including Primary School – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435703
Layout 2 Including Care Home – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435704
Primary School Layout – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435708
Primary School Site Plan – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435707
Site Assessment and Methodology Comparisons –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435695
Transport Assessment – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435635

BrP13
Land West of Golf Club Road
30 Dwellings – Less Favourable
Developer – Brookmans Park Golf Club, DLA Town Planning
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3411061

BrP14
Land East of Golf Club Road
15 Dwellings – More Favourable
No Proposal
LITTLE HEATH

Hat11
South of Hatfield
400 Dwellings – Less Favourable
Access Appraisal – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3429661
Landscape Statement – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3429670
Constraints and Opportunities Report – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3429672
Land at Southway – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3429681
Map – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3429683
BROOKMANS PARK

LHe1
Land North Of Hawkshead Road
35 Dwellings – More Favourable
Developer – Mr Malcolm King, King & Co
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3372177

WeG1
Welham Manor House
10 Dwellings – More Favourable
No Proposal

WeG2
Welham Manor Grounds
15 Dwellings – More Favourable
No Proposal

WeG3
South of Welham Manor
45 Dwellings – More Favourable
Developer – Mr James Thomas, Hill Residential
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3404284

WeG4b
Marshmoor
Up to 120 Dwellings – Finely Balanced
Developer – Mr Anthony Downs, Gascoyne Cecil Estates
3, Site specific summary comments – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434319
4, Promotional Brochure – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434320
5, Site Masterplan – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434321
6, Green Belt Assessment – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434322
7, Economic Strategy Report – The need for new small business units –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434323
8, Landscape Assessment – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434330
9a, Travel-to-work Census Data Analysis –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434324
9b, Travel-to-work Census Data Analysis –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434329
9c, Travel-to-work Census Data Analysis –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434328
9d, Travel-to-work Census Data Analysis –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434327
10, Extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434326
11, Reptile Survey – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434325

WeG6
Skimpans Farm
70 Dwellings – More Favourable
Developer – Mr ErikPagano, Landform Estates Ltd
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3411059

WeG10
Dixons Hill Road
120 dwellings – More Favourable
No Proposal

Weg12
Pooleys Lane
65 Dwellings
Developer – Mr David Collins, DLA Town Planning
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/334312

June 2015 - NEW SITES ADDED TO LOCAL PLAN

In the Public Report Pack for the Cabinet Housing Planning Panel meeting on 25 June 2015 Click here to download more potential housing sites in the Green Belt have been added and others have been amended.
Please see:
Page 64 – Extension to BrP7
Page 65 – BrP21 Great North Road/Woodside Lane – 65 dwellings
Page 66 – BrP22 45 & 47 Kentish Lane – 50/60 dwellings
Page 67 – BrP23 Adjacent 12-14 Bulls Lane, Bell Bar – 2 dwellings
Page 78 – WeG11 Marshmoor Lane – 20 dwellings
Page 79 – WeG12 Pooleys Lane – 65 dwellings
Page 80 – WeG13 Rookery Café – 10 dwellings
Within Urban Area
Page 90 – WG90 Unit3 Travellers Close Welham Green – 23 dwellings
Page 99 – Planning Policy Update

Proposed Green Belt Development Plans

Now that Welwyn Hatfield Council appear to have finally finished uploading all the comments and promotions on to the Local Plan Consultation Document, we have pulled them all together for easier reference with links to all the various site proposals for you to be able to download if you wish.

View the Local Plan Consultation Document

BrP1
Land at Bell Lane
100 Dwellings – Finely Balanced
Developer – Mr Alan W D Perkins FRICS, Aurora Properties Ltd
Contents – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3451639
Executive Summary – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3451640
Site Assessment – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3451683
Illustrative Layout Plan and Connectivity Bell Bar and Brookmans Park – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3453118
New Public Footpath and Cycle Way – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3453128

BrP2
Land North East of the Great North Road
55 Dwellings – Less Favourable
No Proposal

BrP4
West of Brookmans Park
300 Dwellings – Finely Balanced
Developer – Royal Veterinary College
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3374938

BrP6
Land at Bluebridge Road
170 Dwellings – Finely Balanced
Developer – Royal Veterinary College
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3375055

BrP7
Land South of Hawkshead Road
140 Dwellings – More Favourable
Developer – Royal Veterinary College
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3375113

BrP9
Friday Grove
190 Dwellings – Less Favourable
Developer – Mr Ian Hollocks, Living Villages
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3411054

BrP10
Raybrook Farm
120 Dwellings – Less Favourable
Developer – Mr Ian Hollocks, Living Villages
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3411053

BrP12
Peplins Wood
40 Dwellings – Finely Balanced
Developer – Mr A Perkins, Aurora Properties Ltd
Contents – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435430
Executive Summary – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435720
Footpath and Cycle Way – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435705
Green Belt Review – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435701
Landscape Sensitivity and Capacity Study –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435646
Layout 1 Including Primary School – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435703
Layout 2 Including Care Home – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435704
Primary School Layout – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435708
Primary School Site Plan – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435707
Site Assessment and Methodology Comparisons –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435695
Transport Assessment – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3435635

BrP13
Land West of Golf Club Road
30 Dwellings – Less Favourable
Developer – Brookmans Park Golf Club, DLA Town Planning
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3411061

BrP14
Land East of Golf Club Road
15 Dwellings – More Favourable
No Proposal
LITTLE HEATH

Hat11
South of Hatfield
400 Dwellings – Less Favourable
Access Appraisal – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3429661
Landscape Statement – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3429670
Constraints and Opportunities Report – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3429672
Land at Southway – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3429681
Map – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3429683
BROOKMANS PARK

LHe1
Land North Of Hawkshead Road
35 Dwellings – More Favourable
Developer – Mr Malcolm King, King & Co
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3372177

WeG1
Welham Manor House
10 Dwellings – More Favourable
No Proposal

WeG2
Welham Manor Grounds
15 Dwellings – More Favourable
No Proposal

WeG3
South of Welham Manor
45 Dwellings – More Favourable
Developer – Mr James Thomas, Hill Residential
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3404284

WeG4b
Marshmoor
Up to 120 Dwellings – Finely Balanced
Developer – Mr Anthony Downs, Gascoyne Cecil Estates
3, Site specific summary comments – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434319
4, Promotional Brochure – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434320
5, Site Masterplan – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434321
6, Green Belt Assessment – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434322
7, Economic Strategy Report – The need for new small business units –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434323
8, Landscape Assessment – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434330
9a, Travel-to-work Census Data Analysis –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434324
9b, Travel-to-work Census Data Analysis –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434329
9c, Travel-to-work Census Data Analysis –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434328
9d, Travel-to-work Census Data Analysis –
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434327
10, Extended Phase 1 Habitat Survey – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434326
11, Reptile Survey – http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3434325

WeG6
Skimpans Farm
70 Dwellings – More Favourable
Developer – Mr ErikPagano, Landform Estates Ltd
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3411059

WeG10
Dixons Hill Road
120 dwellings – More Favourable
No Proposal

Weg12
Pooleys Lane
65 Dwellings
Developer – Mr David Collins, DLA Town Planning
http://consult.welhat.gov.uk/file/3343126

Responses to the Local Plan

Our response to NMPC submission

We have written to the North Mymms Parish Council in response to the Local Plan First Consultation document they have submitted.
Click here to read it

Responses to the Local Plan

We have received copies of both English Heritage and The Environment Agency response to The Local Plan

This is English Heritage’s response to the Welwyn Hatfield Local Plan
Click here

This is The Environment Agency response to the Welwyn Hatfield Local Plan
Click here

The NMDGBS Response to the Local Plan

To read our letter of response to the Local Plan Click Here

WeG10 Dixons Hill

Site withdrawn

Further to a meeting on 12 March 2015 with Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council’s Planning Policy and Implementation Manager, we are pleased to announce that Alan Perkins of Aurora Properties Ltd is no longer promoting the above site because he is no longer confident that it is available.

Local Flood Risk Areas

Environment Agency risk of flooding maps for North Mymms

Click here to access the Environment Agency Risk of Flooding maps.

We believe that the information presented by these maps adds further weight to our objections to the release of our local green belt land for development.

If you are planning to write to the council on the subject of local planning. You may find this information useful.

December 2014 - Local Plan Update

16 December 2014

Members of our Committee have been attending Council Housing and Planning Panel meetings since early September 2014. At the last meeting held on 11 December discussion took place between councillors to decide which housing sites should be recommended for public consultation.

We can report that the status of the Marshmoor site has now been changed from “finely balanced” to “more favourable”. The rationale given was job creation. This now means that all sites in Welham Green and Little Heath are classified as “more favourable” and all of which are on Green Belt land. All green belt sites in Brookmans Park remain as “finely balanced”

It was agreed that only the “more favourable” sites would be put forward for public consultation in January. If the Cabinet decide to accept the recommendation, the total housing for the borough will reduce to 10,100.

The Panel also recommended that the option of a new garden city be included in the Public Consultation.

Consideration of the recommendations to be put forward will be decided at the Cabinet Meeting on Wednesday 17 December 2014. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

The Green Belt Society is disappointed by the lack of support shown by our local Parish representatives in protecting our Green Belt.

December 2014 - Council Lobbies for New Garden City

10 December 2014

Following letters, local meetings and a petition Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council are writing to Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government regarding new Garden Cities. The text of the letter is as follows:

Dear Sir
New Garden Cities and New Towns
I am writing to let you know that Welwyn Hatfield is working hard in accordance with NPPF guidance to prepare a Local Plan for the borough that seeks to meet the development needs of the area.
Over the last few months we have presented housing and employment evidence to our Planning Panel which indicates an objective need for about 12,500 dwellings and 12,000 new jobs by 2031, plus further growth in our housing market area. We anticipate that about 4,900 homes can be built on brownfield sites which means that up to 7,600 may have to be directed to green belt locations.
We have hosted two very well attended Panel meetings to consider all of the urban and green belt sites that have so far been promoted for inclusion in the forthcoming Local Plan. It was at these meetings that councillors and members of the public queried the potential for new garden cities and new towns as a preferable way of meeting the country’s housing needs, rather than the continuous expansion of towns and villages into valuable and much-loved green belt land. There is increasing frustration within communities but the reality is that we have no genuinely alternative growth options.
Welwyn Hatfield has the experience of both Welwyn Garden City and Hatfield New Town as a way of providing high quality homes, job opportunities and associated infrastructure and services all with green and pleasant environments. The desirability of these communities as places to live and work indicates their merit as a development model, and is indeed recognised by the NPPF.
The Council appreciates the current Government view that new garden cities should be “locally led” but is constrained by the fact that there are no local aspirations or site opportunities within this area to accommodate a new community of sufficient critical mass. We also have strong doubts about the planning and political ability to deliver new settlements through co-operation with surrounding authorities. The nearest plausible locations are outside of our housing market area.
We consider that new communities can only be delivered if the Government takes a prominent and pro-active role in partnership with local authorities, statutory bodies and all other interested parties.

November 2014 - Local Plan Meeting

27 November 2014

Claire Taylor represented the North Mymms District Green Belt Society at a meeting on 27th November organized by the Brookmans Park Residents Association to give local people information regarding the Local Plan. Paul Zukowskyj gave a resume of the proposed plan and questions were put by the audience who filled the United Reformed Church to full capacity, with many people having to stand. On behalf of the Green Belt Society the residents were urged to send in individual written replies to the Public Consultation in January 2015.

November 2014 - Our Objection to Local Plan Housing Allocation

11th November 2014

Click here to read our letter of objection to the Local PLan Housing Allocation

Plan to build 880 houses in our villages

What can you do to stop stop it
Maps of the proposed sites in our local area are available – Click here

Sign the “Say no to Sprawl” petition – Click here

Please Email or Write to the council voicing your concerns and objections. The Green Belt Society will be objecting on behalf of all our members (so please make sure you are a member as numbers count!). However, individual letters will have an even greater impact.

The Local Plan

Meeting on 22nd October

Clive Bennett represented the North Mymms District Green Belt Society at a packed Memorial Hall meeting on 22nd October, 2014 chaired by Paul Zykowskyj and organized by the Welham Green Residents Association. Also on the platform were Grant Shapps MP, Councillor Keith Peiri and prospective candidates.

It was decided unanimously that no new building should take place on the Green Belt at Welham Green.

We would urge everyone to make their views known when the Public Consultation takes place in January 2015.

The Local Plan - 880 Homes in Our Villages

Two Meetings to Attend

One
Please attend the meeting in the Memorial Hall on Wednesday, 22nd October, 2014, at 7:30pm to support us in fighting the proposed building on the Green Belt in Welham Green, Brookmans Park and Little Heath.

This is a public meeting organised by Paul Zukowskyj to which he has invited WHBC.

Two
There is a Welwyn Hatfield Cabinet Housing and Planning Panel Meeting on Thursday, 23rd October, 2014, at 7.30pm at Cypress Room, Salvation House, 2 Sterling Court, Mundells, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1FT. This is a public meeting and we would urge you to be present to show your support for the Green Belt Society in opposing building on the Green Belt.

Representatives of the Society will be attending both meetings.