Appeal for Watford Hospital Essentials Hub

Mar 26, 2023

The Essentials Hub is a community initiative that provides much-needed support to NHS staff and local people struggling with the rising cost of living. Based at Watford General Hospital, the Essentials Hub is a collaboration between West Hertfordshire NHS Trust,...

Protecting and Respecting Where We Live

Mar 26, 2023

We have been made aware of a couple of recent incidents in the village and on the Common, which appear to be conflicts between pupils from Chorleywood and Rickmansworth schools. We are hoping to liaise with our PCSO’s and ask them to increase their presence in the...

Council Tax Increases

Mar 26, 2023

The association is mystified as to how percentage increases in Council Tax shown on some recently issued bills have been calculated. Whilst the percentage increase for the Police and Crime Commissioner and the percentage reductions for the Parish Council costs are...

Did you know we have a Chorleywood Community Garden?

Mar 26, 2023

 The Chorleywood Community Garden is in the Dog Kennel Lane allotments, and Chorleywood Parish Council run gardening sessions there on most Wednesday mornings from 10am to 11.30am. Tea and coffee is provided, and maybe even a...

Our local shops – Use them or Lose them!

Mar 26, 2023

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

Mar 26, 2023

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

Mar 26, 2023

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

Mar 26, 2023

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

Mar 26, 2023

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 –...

Solar panels save fossil fuels and cut bills

Mar 26, 2023

If you came to our 2022 Community Meeting and AGM you will have heard Ellen Roberts of TRDC mention their Solar Together scheme, which was launched last autumn.  Our chairman, Jane Tozer, signed up for it in October, and has just started using solar energy!  Jane says...