LA3 in the News

If you don't take the Gazette, you may have missed these pieces of news.  

In last week's edition it was reported that Hertfordshire County Council had agreed to reduce the amount that developers were asked to contribute towards the cost of building new schools.  This seemed very odd to many people at a time when developers are making healthy profits and schools are strapped for cash. (For those of us involved in education, the comment about the impact is particularly odd.) The article is shown below. It has produced a number of letters which appear in today's Gazette.

Of course, this has a bearing on LA3 which is planned to include a primary school.  It sounds as if the developers are again finding a way to minimise costs and maximise profits. Again? Increasing the number of houses crammed in obviously increases profitability as does ensuring that the traveller site is effectively kept away from the development.  

It seemed timely to talk to the press about our concerns more generally about LA3.  That has resulted in a report in today's Gazette, below.  (It's unfortunate the Bennett's End has been confused with Bourne End.)

Note that the 'chance to speak' is long overdue.  In April of last year we were told that it was the 'developers' intention to submit [the plan] to the Council by May of this year' (Letter from DBC)

Shown below is the earlier report on funding of schools, and the response in the Letters section of the Gazette, this week.

The article above stimulated a number of letters which have been reproduced today.