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Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre to shut for eight weeks for improvements

Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre to shut for eight weeks for improvements

Bishop’s Stortford Recycling Centre to shut for eight weeks for improvements

17 October 2024

Work starts October 27 and, once complete, there will be more containers and more than double the current number of parking spaces available.


Developer reduces number of homes for estate on former high school site

Developer reduces number of homes for estate on former high school site

Developer reduces number of homes for estate on former high school site

17 October 2024

Bellway’s regional planning director, Jamie MacArthur, has given town councillors a sneak preview of plans.


Herts County Council faces prospect of £21m black hole in budget

Herts County Council faces prospect of £21m black hole in budget

Herts County Council faces prospect of £21m black hole in budget

16 October 2024

The latest available data shows that just three months into the 2024-25 financial year, the authority had spent £4.6m more than had been expected.


Town council welcomes Travelodge but has reservations about design

Town council welcomes Travelodge but has reservations about design

Town council welcomes Travelodge but has reservations about design

15 October 2024

The 92-bedroom, three-storey hotel will be built above “flexible commercial space” at ground-floor level.


East Herts Council backs Recycle Week campaign

East Herts Council backs Recycle Week campaign

East Herts Council backs Recycle Week campaign

14 October 2024

Dee Dee the deodorant, Rey the plastic trigger spray, Yogi the yoghurt pot, Fitz the perfume bottle and Hube the toilet roll tube created for crusade.


Lights, camera, action! 18 Indie readers’ photos of the Northern Lights

Lights, camera, action! 18 Indie readers’ photos of the Northern Lights

Lights, camera, action! 18 Indie readers’ photos of the Northern Lights

11 October 2024

Just like buses, you wait a lifetime for the Northern Lights to dazzle in Bishop’s Stortford, then they turn up twice in five months – to the day!


Bluetongue disease confirmed at two Hertfordshire farms

Bluetongue disease confirmed at two Hertfordshire farms

Bluetongue disease confirmed at two Hertfordshire farms

11 October 2024

Bluetongue does not affect people or food safety but can be fatal for livestock such as sheep, cattle, goats and camelids (llamas and alpacas).


Director of 16,000-home Harlow and Gilston Garden Town steps down

Director of 16,000-home Harlow and Gilston Garden Town steps down

Director of 16,000-home Harlow and Gilston Garden Town steps down

10 October 2024

Naisha Polaine will leave the project - one of the biggest regeneration and development initiatives in the country - at the start of December.


Flood alleviation works in pipeline for Stansted’s Church Road

Flood alleviation works in pipeline for Stansted’s Church Road

Flood alleviation works in pipeline for Stansted’s Church Road

09 October 2024

Essex County Council is drawing up a scheme to cure the road of persistent flood water which collects around traffic calming-chicanes.


Police probe fly-tipping incidents on farmland in East Herts

Police probe fly-tipping incidents on farmland in East Herts

Police probe fly-tipping incidents on farmland in East Herts

08 October 2024

Officers from Hertfordshire Constabulary are probing incidents in a hamlet north of Buntingford and in Braughing.


2,000 households in Sawbridgeworth targeted for plastics recycling trial

2,000 households in Sawbridgeworth targeted for plastics recycling trial

2,000 households in Sawbridgeworth targeted for plastics recycling trial

07 October 2024

Participating households in the town have received special blue bags to put all their plastic bags and soft plastic wrapping in.


Plans submitted for Travelodge hotel in Bishop’s Stortford town centre

Plans submitted for Travelodge hotel in Bishop’s Stortford town centre

Plans submitted for Travelodge hotel in Bishop’s Stortford town centre

03 October 2024

The brick exterior, three-storey hotel will be built above 552 sq m (5,941 sq ft) of “flexible commercial space” at ground floor level.


Town council raps developer’s attempt to cut affordable homes at Stortford Fields

Town council raps developer’s attempt to cut affordable homes at Stortford Fields

Town council raps developer’s attempt to cut affordable homes at Stortford Fields

02 October 2024

Members were unimpressed by Taylor Wimpey’s plans for 49 “affordable homes” rather than the 61 that members believed should be built.


Second chance for Stortford residents to have their say on parking strategy

Second chance for Stortford residents to have their say on parking strategy

Second chance for Stortford residents to have their say on parking strategy

01 October 2024

East Herts Council has added a second public engagement session on parking in Bishop’s Stortford.


Community veggie feast event goes down a treat

Community veggie feast event goes down a treat

Community veggie feast event goes down a treat

01 October 2024

Sustainable Sawbridgeworth’s first Community Veggie Feast night shows how plant-based meals can be tasty and fun.


Council approves transfer station for used vehicle oils in Stortford

Council approves transfer station for used vehicle oils in Stortford

Council approves transfer station for used vehicle oils in Stortford

30 September 2024

Oil Salvage Ltd asked Herts County Council for consent to use the former Butler Fuels Distribution depot in Farnham Road to transfer waste oil.


Discussions about future of music festival at Little Hadham ‘ongoing’

Discussions about future of music festival at Little Hadham ‘ongoing’

Discussions about future of music festival at Little Hadham ‘ongoing’

30 September 2024

A pedestrian died after a collision with a car close to the Sign of the Times site after torrential rain turned car parks into a quagmire.


Herts and Essex in restricted zone as bluetongue cases in livestock rise

Herts and Essex in restricted zone as bluetongue cases in livestock rise

Herts and Essex in restricted zone as bluetongue cases in livestock rise

27 September 2024

The disease was first confirmed in Norfolk on August 26 in a single sheep and this month three cases were identified in Essex.


Uttlesford among Essex councils warning Govt ‘targets alone will not build more homes’

Uttlesford among Essex councils warning Govt ‘targets alone will not build more homes’

Uttlesford among Essex councils warning Govt ‘targets alone will not build more homes’

26 September 2024

The North Essex Councils supports the Government’s ambition for housing growth but believes that increased targets alone will not build more homes.


Council offering grants to groups and people to improve their environment

Council offering grants to groups and people to improve their environment

Council offering grants to groups and people to improve their environment

24 September 2024

Herts County Council has given £27,214 to 16 projects, and those planned for 2024-25 include fruit tree planting and scrub creation in Sawbridgeworth.


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