All four major Bushey greenbelt sites have been removed from the Local Plan. Bushey Mill Lane, Harts Farm, land north of Farm Way, and Heathbourne Green - totalling 266 acres - had been placed on the original 2021 draft plan.
Emma attends the Liberal Democrat's local election campaign launch in Harpenden today.
It was a great honour to be selected in January last year as your Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hertsmere. Here is my report from my first year as your PPC.
Residents have complained about the ASL waste processing site on Bushey Hall Road (the former donkey field near the Water Lane tunnel). ASL have now applied for retrospective planning permission which we hope will be denied, allowing the site to be closed
Ambitious plans to improve recycling across the Hertsmere have been approved. Weekly household food-waste collections will begin in April 2025, making it much easier and cleaner for residents to recycle food and reducing what is sent to landfill.
Bushey Lib Dems say the appeal must be refused: There are no Very Special Circumstances. Residents are overwhelmingly opposed to the development. The site is environmentally sensitive and a flood plain. It would likely generate 1,000 daily car journeys.
Councillors say the “brutal” axing of school-holiday food vouchers will have a “devastating” impact on Hertfordshire’s most deprived children.
Plans to improve Hertfordshire’s failing special needs service are “vague and lack meaningful commitments”, according to Lib Dem opposition councillors.
Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats announce Sean Prendergast as their Police and Crime Commissioner candidate. Sean is an experienced investigator for the Housing Ombudsman Service and is also a District Councillor in North Herts.
Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats were shocked at the findings of a recent Judicial Review which exposed the failure of the Conservative-led County’s SEND service.
Hertfordshire County Council has declared its official opposition to Luton Airport expansion, after a motion by the Liberal Democrat group was approved.
Pressure is mounting on Hertfordshire council leaders to speed up improvements for crisis-hit SEND services, for children with special education needs and disabilities.
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