BLACK POPLARS IN AUTUMN: Feature on the October page of our 'Pot Pourri of Hertfordshire 2009' Calendar. The ideal Christmas gift for friends and family near and far features many interesting features and facts on the County

MEMBERS' COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER 2PM: Following the publication of 'Living Working Countryside', the Taylor Review of the rural economy and affordable housing, members and guests are invited to our meeting on RURAL HOUSING in Woolmer Green Village Hall. Speaker, Neil Sinden, Director of Policy, CPRE National Office. Email us if you would like to come. Read CPRE's Rural Housing Charter below

KEEP EAST OF LUTON GREEN: Do you want to see Lilley Bottom swallowed up in a development of 5,500 homes on Green Belt land East of Luton? Villages under threat include N. Herts.' villages  Cockernhoe and Mangrove Green. We have now launched a campaign group - Keep East of Luton Green. Support them at their fundraising Dog Show on 14 December at Dog Kennel Farm. Read our briefing below

WIND FARMS: After careful consideration we have written to East Herts. District Council asking them to refuse an application for three 120m high turbines at High Elms Lane, Benington. Read our reasons below. There is considerable local opposition. We are now considering our response to an application for three 125 metre wind turbines on land off Hatch Lane, Weston. The provisional decision date is 4 December.
CPRE Onshore Wind Turbines Policy 

STRATEGIC RAILFREIGHT INTERCHANGE PROPOSAL FOR RADLETT: The SoS has rejected the appeal. Read our briefing below