Old River Lane

Indie columnist Chas Gill says an online petition against the proposed 546-space car park at Northgate End is all well and good, but what about the silent majority?

Jill Goldsmith, a member of Bishop's Stortford Climate Group and an opponent of the plan to build a six-storey car park at Northgate End, writes on how the town's residents were under-represented at Wednesday evening's East Herts Council planning meeting..

An online petition signed by more than 850 people failed to sway East Herts Council from granting planning permission for its own scheme to build a multi-storey car park of 546 spaces.

Fears of unfettered development in Bishops Stortford have been eased by the publication of the Government inspectors report into new homes across East Herts.

Controversial plans for a new multi-storey car park in the heart of Bishop's Stortford have been redrawn after hitting a roadblock.

Bishop's Stortford's MP Mark Prisk has spoken out against proposed changes to the East Herts Draft District Plan, which remove limits on key housing sites in the town.

A park and ride for Bishop's Stortford is the preferred option for the town council and civic federation as members demolished proposals for a new multi-storey.

Bishop's Stortford library could be relocated as part of ambitious new plans to transform a key town centre site.

Ambitious proposals to build a new arts centre for Bishop's Stortford are set to be unveiled before Christmas.

Bishop's Stortford's Green Belt will be the key battleground as the fight to win approval for the East Herts District Plan begins this week.

The leader of East Herts Council, Cllr Linda Haysey, is in no doubt how much is at stake as her administration's district plan goes under the microscope.