Our local shops – Use them or Lose them!

It’s nice to see that a new shop has opened on Lower Road.   As we urged during the pandemic, please support all our local shops, so that they survive and thrive. The health and vitality of our high street is a case of Use Them or Lose Them! This news item will be...

Housing Number for Local Plan

Following commitment from Three Rivers District Council to prepare a new Local Plan with lower new home numbers than derived from the Standard Methodology, we were concerned to see a Council response to a question at a recent Full Council meeting which stated that the...

Newsflash – Green Street East

On Thursday evening (23/3/23), TRDC Planning Committee unanimously refused both applications for new housing on the fields to the east of Green Street. We must now wait to see whether the developer will appeal either or both of the decisions. This news item will be...

New trees on Blacketts Wood Drive

Many of you will have noticed the welcome appearance of five new trees at the bottom of Blacketts Wood Drive. This is part of a broader initiative, with further trees expected to be planted on the road next year and (potentially) the year after. The CRA Committee has...

M25 junction 18 (A404) Maintenance

There is an extensive series of maintenance work planned for the A404 bridge above junction 18 of the M25 between Monday 20th March and Friday 21st April 2023. This will involve a number of different overnight closures and diversions. See South East –...