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The Causeway car park site closed to motorists from Monday, June 13 – when the new multi-storey car park at Northgate End became operational.
14 May 2022
Closure of Causeway and Charringtons House car parks is condition of planning permission for Northgate End multi-storey that opens June 13.
14 May 2022
East Herts Council leader Cllr Linda Haysey updates Indie readers about the authority's scheme to transform the Causeway in the heart of Stortford.
02 May 2022
Award-winning Economics in Ten podcaster Gavin Simpson, who was born and brought up in Stortford, delves into the housing development issue...
22 February 2022
East Herts' Conservative administration says unprecedented rise in materials and other construction costs over past 12 months is behind the hike.
13 January 2022
A delivery board has been set up to guide the development and members have been considering the best way to run the scaled-down arts centre.
15 November 2021
East Herts Council leader Linda Haysey updates Indie on Stortford project, including new master-planning group chaired by Mehron Kirk.
07 October 2021
East Herts Council surveyed residents in the summer about the proposed five cinema screens and performance spaces.
14 September 2021
The United Reformed Church in Water Lane is asking East Herts Council for permission to extend its main building to create new community space.
02 September 2021
Urban planner and designer Yvonne Estop-Wood, of the Old River Lane Working Group, makes the case for keeping Charringtons House.
27 August 2021
East Herts councillors are being recommended to approve plans for four 5.75m (18ft 10in) high columns on the open-air top floor.
21 July 2021
Old River Lane Working Group invites feedback on its scheme for an education and community hub at Charringtons House.
15 July 2021
From Friday (July 16), the authority will ask for feedback on its first proposals for the controversial cinema-led scheme.
23 June 2021
Key business case figures, obtained through a Freedom of Information request, have been obscured by the council citing "commercial confidentiality".
11 June 2021
East Herts Council submits planning application to put four central twin lighting posts on sixth storey of car park at Northgate End.
26 May 2021
Volunteers helped to create the woodland next to the Northgate End multi-storey car park.
13 May 2021
The new wildlife haven is next to the site of the council's multi-storey car park and four-storey building housing businesses and 15 flats.
10 May 2021
East Herts Council confirms end for Water Lane United Reformed Church Hall but Tories and Lib Dems to work on a substitute.
21 April 2021
Critics say a £6m grant and £3.6m interest-free loan came with conditions, including a requirement that the development includes a 'theatre'.
11 April 2021
Planner and urban designer Yvonne Estop-Wood outlines her objections to the proposed revamp of Jackson Square to accommodate TK Maxx.