HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

 Temporary Closing of Ford Street, Braughing

NOTICE is given that the Hertfordshire County Council intend to make an Order under Section 14[1] of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to prohibit all traffic from using that length of Ford Street, Braughing from its junction with B1368 Green End north eastwards to its junction with Warren Lane (Stortford Lane), a distance of approximately 330 metres.

The alternative route for traffic will be via:-B1368 Green End, Malting Lane, Ford Street and vice versa

The purpose of the Order is to enable carriageway repair works together with highway drainage works to take place. 

It is anticipated that the section of road will be closed for up to 5 days, sometime during the period 11 August 2008 and 31 August 2008, when signs are in place. 

If you have any queries about the carriageway repair works together with highway drainage works or the temporary road closure, please contact the Project Engineer concerned Ian Bishop tel. 01438 737320 at the Eastern Herts Hertfordshire Highways Area Office.

County Hall                                                                                        25 July 2008

Hertford                                                                                              John Wood

Herts                                                                                                   Director of Environment

SG13 8DN

EAST HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL

TOWN POLICE CLAUSES ACT 1847

MALTING LANE AND VARIOUS STREETS, BRAUGHING

( PROHIBITION OF USE) ORDER 2008

The East Hertfordshire District Council hereby gives notice that, in exercise of its powers under Section 21 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, it has made an Order, the effect of which will be to close to vehicular traffic on 18 July 2008 from 6.00 pm to 9.30 pm, Malting Lane between B1368 and Ford Street, Church End between Ford Street and Fleece Lane, Ford Street between Stortford Lane and The Street, The Street between Ford Street and Green Lane and from 6.00 pm to 12.00 am, The Street between Green Lane and Gravelly Lane, Fleece Lane between Church End and The Square, The Square between Fleece Lane and The Street.

Emergency access to residential properties in the roads referred to above will be maintained.

P Hamberger
Director of Internal Services
Council Offices
The Causeway
Bishop’s Stortford

Herts CM23 2EN

The application for 30 properties to be built on the corner of Green End and Gravelly Lane was heard by the Development Control Committee at East Hertfordshire District Council on Wednesday evening 2 July 2008. The debate about this application lasted over one hour of the meeting. The committee consisting of 15 district councillors voted unanimously to refuse the application, even though it had been recommended by officers for approval.

District Councillors clearly struggled with the whole concept of building something such as this in the middle of one of the most beautiful villages in Hertfordshire. One Councillor described it not as a carbuncle on the village, but an abscess. Another questioned why we were considering building a bit of Harlow in the middle of a conservation area.

Councillors stood up for Rural England tonight and said NO to the Labour government policy on increasing house building within the villages of East Hertfordshire, They expressed concerns that to approve this application would lead to the destruction of all villages in East Hertfordshire. Individual District Councillors were given rounds of applause as they one by one expressed their concerns over approving such a scheme.  One councillor even talked about having a number of sleepless nights if he was to support approval of this application.

Peter Boylan

Braughing Parish Council

Plans submitted to East Herts District Council planning department by Croudace Homes and Landro Group back in April have been recommended by planning officers to be GRANTED. The application is to build 30 new dwellings on a greenfield site south of Gravelly Lane, where it meets Green End. An application submitted in September last year for 26 properties on this site was recommended for refusal on seven seperate grounds.

To see the Officers Report click here.

The Development Control Committee at East Herts District Council will meet to consider this application and make their decision. The meeting will take place at:

Waytemore Room, Council Offices, The Causeway, Bishops Stortford 

on Wednesday 2 July at 7.30pm

For further details of the meeting, please go to East Herts Planning website by clicking here http://www.eastherts.gov.uk/index.jsp?articleid=7011 

Braughing Parish Council strongly object to this proposed development and wrote to that effect to the District Council earlier this month, To see a copy of that letter, please click here.

Members of the Parish Council will be going along to the meeting and Andrew Peat, the Chairman of the Parish Council will speak on behalf of the Parish to the members of the Committee and will further strengthen our views. The meeting is held in public and the Parish Council would strongly encourage as many people to go along to the meeting as possible.   

Come along and support your council in this bid to stop this over development on a greenfield site in our conservation area.

This application is the second one to be heard, so be there early.

THE LOCAL POLICE COMMUNITY SUPPORT
Jo Alston, one of the Local Police Community Support Officers, will be holding an open surgery at The Church Hall on Thursday 19th June between 6.00pm and 7.30pm.

Everyone is invited to attend if they have an issue they wish to discuss or would like to seek advice.

Not  all enquiries will be solved at the surgery, but details will be taken and passed to the relevant Department to deal and get in contact.

There were 38 exhibitors at the annual Spring Show on Saturday 12th April, displaying over 200 entries. Secretary Marion Saunders said that it was an enjoyable show with a lovely village atmosphere and the glorious sunshine attracted many visitors to the Show.  Despite cold and stormy weather before the show, there was a good display of Spring flowers including daffodils, narcissi and tulips; as well as flowering shrubs.

Braughing St Mary’s Church Hall and Old Boys School Booking Officer

After a lengthy period Peter Boylan is wishing to stand down from this position with effect from 1st August.  The Hall Committee would wish to record our sincere thanks to Peter for his efforts on behalf of the village in this important responsibility.

The Committee is pleased to say that Mr Ned Dailly, “The Stables”, Hay Street, Braughing, SG11 2RH Tel. No. 01920-823692, has kindly agreed to undertake this office as from 1st August.  All bookings and enquiries should be made of Ned from this date.

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