Bourne End Herts News

As you can see below, the latest Bourne Ender is now on line, and you will soon be receiving your paper copy.  You are obviously using the blog, but if you have not already done so, we would encourage you to subscribe to it. The news on the blog is more frequently updated; an important issue now that planning applications require a considerably shorter notification period. We hope you will be able to come to the 50 th Anniversary part on September 12 th .  All the details are in the Bourne Ender, and a flyer you may have already received. The August post (see alongside) gave you a link to the plans for the Bourne End Mills regeneration proposals.  Please make sure you look at them and submit your comments.  Alternatively, select one of the links below. Bourne End Mills plans on Dacorum Website The Design and Access Statement The saga of Little Hay continues.  One recent piece of news is that the Environment Agency has reiterated its view that t...

Yes there's a lot going on or planned to go on around the village. Bourne End Mills There are plans afoot to revamp Bourne End Mills industrial estate.  We clearly welcome this in principle, but as with all planning issues, we need to look carefully at the details.  Aspects we are likely to welcome are the increased separation of the industry from the residential area of the village, the opening up of the Bourne Gutter through the industrial estate, provision of a new public space and provision for access for the few units that currently use Bourne End Lane.  Yet this comes at a price.  The proposals are for one large warehouse, considerably higher than the existing buildings,and despite the beautiful artists impressions, some of the existing building will remain. The plans are on Dacorum's website ref.   4/01988/14/RES .  There is also a more detailed description in the Hemel Gazette of August 13th.   This has been copied here. It's early days,...

Little Hay The saga rumbles on. Hertfordshire Highways are currently considering new proposals to widen Upper Bourne End Lane.  Of course, they will only be considering safety issues.  As one of our councillors has said, they would have to reinstate the lane!  How they could reinstate the chalk bank and its flora and fauna defeats me.   We have now produced a blog especially devoted to the sad saga.  It can be found here  here .  To access it directly go to LittleHaySaga.blogspot.co.uk  Do pass this information on to anyone who shows the slightest interest in the landfil proposals and encourage them to voice their opinion. The Village Show Sunday 13th July is the Village Show.  There is still time to get organised, feeding your produce, brushing up your culinary skills or whatever takes your fancy!  We'll be round with a new copy of the schedule early next week in case you have mislaid it.  Shame on you if you have! Ou...

Soon you will be receiving your hard copy of the Bourne Ender.  Your rep will, at the same time, be collecting your £5.00 annual subscription.  Please make sure you have it ready.  Amongst other things, it keeps the Bourne Ender going and the the various flyers to keep you up to date with events and news.   

Hertfordshire County Council has commissioned a Landscape Architect to ‘comment on the landscape and visual issues of a planning application for’ the remodelling of Little Hay Golf Course'.  As the area forms the outlook from many of our homes, I have read this with a view to picking out those aspects relevant to us.   No reference whatsoever is made to Bourne End other than Upper Bourne End Lane. In a reference to Upper Bourne End Lane, the following statement is made. ‘From a landscape point of view a one way system would reduce damage to verges and keep vehicles in the centre of the lane under the trees’ . (ref. 2.6)   While no reference is made to Bourne End, a considerable proportion of the report is devoted to the views from the AONB near Potten End.   ·          Given the distance from the site, the proportion of view affected and the likelihood of travellers concentrating on safe passage the impa...

Dear Reader, There have been over one hundred objections sent to Hertfordshire County Council Spatial Planning Unit, So we say a Big Thank you to all of you who have supported us by voicing your objections to the Little Hay Remodelling Planning Application. We have created a petition to give to Dacorum Borough Council, Hertfordshire County Council, our Local Councillors. County Councillor, and Mp's, to send a message to our elected representatives, and hopefully they will listen. If this planning application goes to a planning committee it will also give us extra time to voice concerns about this planning application from those of you who have objected. Thank you once again for your support and Please sign the petition. http://chn.ge/1muGDfp Best Wishes BBB Action Group