20 Dec 2011, Broxbourne Submission Core Strategy Good News/Bad News: Following our appearance at the Examination in Public of the Broxbourne proposed Core Strategy, the Inspector has rejected the expansion of the Brookfield Centre into the Green Belt. This needs to be removed for the Core Strategy to be sound. Unfortunately he did not reject the major expansion of business development west of the A10 at Park Plaza West and Maxwells Farm West. But this would require a review of transport infrastructure in the A10 corridor. Read our full response to the consultation below.

RADLETT STRATEGIC RAIL FREIGHT INTERCHANGE LATEST:
7 July 2010, The Secretary of State dismisses Helioslough's appeal against St Albans DC's refusal of a second planning application. [Read the Decision Letter below].
24 August 2010: Helioslough lodge a legal challenge.
28 June 2011: The case is heard in the High Court
1 July 2011: Deputy Judge Milwyn Jarman orders the Secretary of State to look at the application again.  The Secretary of State will now have to re-determine the applicaton and should invite written submissions from the principal parties.
Read more below

WEST OF STEVENAGE LATEST 21 June 2011, Judge orders Secretary of State to reconsider planning permission for 3,600 houses: Plans to build 3,600 homes to the west of Stevenage are in disarray after Mr Justice Ouseley overturned planning permission for the development. The project, proposed by Stevenage Borough Council on land mainly within neighbouring North Herts, was given government planning permission in 2009, despite opposition from North Herts District Council and Herts County Council. The decision was quashed in the High Court after a legal challenge brought by the two authorities. Read more below

THREE RIVERS CORE STRATEGY -  FIRST IN HERTS. TO BE ADOPTED: In October 2011

LUTON AND S BEDS CORE STRATEGY DEFERRED: The Examination of the Core Strategy has been deferred by the Inspector until December 2011 pending more work by the Joint Committee of Luton and Central Beds Councils in the light of concerns expressed by many consultees, including CPRE Hertfordshire. Read the Inspector's decision letter on the deferral below

Stevenage's Core Strategy Public Examination:
The Inspector conducting the Public Examination of Stevenage's Core Strategy held an additional Hearing on 3 March 2011 23 May 11, Inspector's Report published: The inspector concluded: 'My formal determination . . . is that the Development Plan Document is unsound. In consequence I recommend that the Development Plan Document be not adopted . . . and that it be withdrawn . . .' (read the full report below)

Hertfordshire County Council Waste Development Framework:  Read our consultation responses below.