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1 week ago | 
whtimes.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price
But – with the controversial planning application set to be determined by the Secretary of State – Cllr Jarvis has offered to back any lobbying undertaken by the Welwyn Hatfield MP. The exchange between the leading politicians focuses on proposals to quarry the former Hatfield Aerodrome site – which sits between Smallford and Ellenbrook. The controversial application – refused by the county council in 2023 – was subjected to a two-week-planning appeal last November.
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3 weeks ago | 
whtimes.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price
The Lockleys Drive allotments – owned by Welwyn Parish Council – were closed in March, after soil tests identified high levels of lead across the site. Since then, public health and environmental health officials have been working with the parish council to assess any potential risk. On Wednesday (June 4) the ongoing work by public health officials was highlighted at a meeting of the Hertfordshire County Council’s public health and community safety cabinet panel.
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3 weeks ago | 
whtimes.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price
Ellenbrook Fields (Image: Image: Vanessa Adorni Meader) A controversial application to extract up to eight million tonnes of sand and gravel from a former aerodrome site near Hatfield has yet to be determined by the Secretary of State – six months after the application was scrutinised at a Planning Inquiry. Brett Aggregates applied for permission to quarry the former aerodrome site, which sits between Smallford and Ellenbrook, over a 32-year period.
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1 month ago | 
thecomet.net | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price
Hertfordshire County Council spent more than £28,000 on a court case with the parent of a child (Image: Hertfordshire County Council) The new executive of the county council is made-up of eight Liberal Democrat councillors. Executive positions and cabinet panels reflect different areas of the council’s work and are determined by the leader of the county council.
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1 month ago | 
whtimes.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price
Mary-Kate shared her story with the NHS Trust's board members (Image: Google Maps) A patient suffering from endometriosis has told health chiefs how she discharged herself from Lister Hospital in Stevenage, after staff refused to give her pain killers and dismissed her symptoms as “one of those things”.
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1 month ago | 
watfordobserver.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price
Currently the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust board meet in public – and in private – on the first Thursday of the month for 10 months of the year. But now they have agreed to reduce the number of meetings from 10 to SIX a year – and for the private meeting to be held BEFORE the public meeting. The changes are part of the ‘Board Refresh 2025’ proposals that were agreed by the latest meeting of the trust’s board.
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Mar 9, 2025 | 
watfordobserver.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price
Plans have been drawn-up to keep the Hertfordshire Music Service within the county council – rather than have it seek charitable status. For generations the music service has operated from within the county council, offering instrumental lessons and musical opportunities to many thousands of the county’s schoolchildren. But seven years ago councillors decided, that the service should move towards acquiring charitable status, or another ‘appropriate’ status.
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Mar 1, 2025 | 
watfordobserver.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price
Councillors have discussed the Watford General rebuild timetable Disappointment at the latest timetable to rebuild Watford General Hospital has been expressed at a meeting of the county council. Bosses at the West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals Trust had expected the redevelopment of the Watford site to get under way as early as this year (2025).
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Feb 26, 2025 | 
watfordobserver.co.uk | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price
The budget has been set for Hertfordshire County Council (Image: Will Durrant/LDRS) County councillors have agreed a £1.18bn budget for the provision of council services in 2025/26, which will see council tax bills in Hertfordshire rise by 4.99 per cent. Social care, children’s services, highways, waste disposal and public health are among the services provided by the county council. Yesterday (February 25), a meeting of the county council determined how funds should be allocated.
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Feb 18, 2025 | 
thecomet.net | DeboRah Price |Deborah Price
Hertfordshire County Council spent more than £28,000 on a court case with the parent of a child (Image: Hertfordshire County Council) Hertfordshire Conservative Cllr Reena Ranger has publicly questioned whether the £100m earmarked for highways maintenance across the county next year (25/26) will be enough. The county council – which has an overall operational budget in excess of £1bn – is responsible for the maintenance of 3,200-miles of roads across the county.
