Bourne End Herts News

Members of the Bourne End Village Association have joined forces with Bovingdon Action Group and Box Lane residents to fight the Little Hay Golf Course application.  Residents on all sides of the golf course are united in their opposition to the proposed landfill and they have named themselves the BBB Action Group.  They have already put in Freedom of Information requests to both Dacorum BC and Herts CC in order to obtain information that has not previously been in the public domain about the landfill planning application.   

This is more information from the latest amendment to the Little Hay Planning Application.  The drawings show the extent of the road widening that Woodlands propose at the bottom of Upper Bourne End Lane.  As you can see, this would involve the removal of virtually all the verge, which would make using the lane incredibly dangerous for pedestrians and horse riders, as there would be nowhere to get off the carriageway and away from vehicles. There is also a letter from Woodlands Environmental explaining why they still want to use Upper Bourne End Lane as their access route.  This is despite a refusal from Herts Highways on their earlier application to use the lane due to serious safety concerns and the fact that they have been given permission from Highways to use Box Lane as access into the golf course.

An amended planning application for the “remodelling” of Little Hay Golf Course has been received.  We would urge everyone in the village to object to this amended application, details of which are below.  (For full details of the application, please go to www.hertsdirect.org/planning ).  Whether or not you have already objected to this application, please do so again.  At the moment we only have until 26 February to respond , although objections will still be accepted right up until the determination of the application.  If the landfill on the golf course goes ahead, it will adversely impact everyone in the area, whether or not you ever venture onto Upper Bourne End Lane.  The developers want to widen the bottom of Upper Bourne End Lane, which will mean removing the grass verges, making it extremely dangerous for walkers and horse riders. We want to prevent them from dumping landfill on the golf course which is Green Belt land and an area of natural beauty.  If it goe