North Herts District Council's Local Plan Preferred Options document and background material, the guide for developments over the next 16 years, is available here. Hitchin Town Action Group (HTAG -Hitchin Forum, The Hitchin Society and Hitchin … [Read more...]
Future changes for Bancroft Rec
Bancroft Recreation Ground and the failed Lottery bid was reported on to NHDC Cabinet on December 16th, to decide the next step - read report here. The Cabinet decided on an incremental implementation of ideas that had been incorporated into the … [Read more...]
How did this happen? Hitchin Town Hall – disagreement.
At Hitchin Committee on December 2nd, Stephen Pike, the chairman of Hitchin Town Hall Limited, spoke frankly to the Hitchin Councillors, saying I would like to thank you for the opportunity to present tonight a clearer and external view, than might … [Read more...]
Charnwood House
Charnwood House is the building which has housed Hitchin Museum and will become vacant when the Hitchin Town Hall refurbishment is complete and the new District Museum is opened (scheduled for mid 2015). NHDC Cabinet is soon to receive a report from … [Read more...]
Footpath Care!
Could you help improve your local paths? It is about a year since many Forum members were working to produce surveys of Hitchin’s footpaths. The report that was prepared was forwarded to the Countryside Access Team Leader at Hertfordshire County … [Read more...]
Noise Update – Luton Airport
Flight paths If you have noticed that Hitchin seems to be overflown more frequently during the spring and early summer, the figures from the airport’s annual monitoring report bear out your impression. One reason is that the wind direction has been … [Read more...]
Bancroft Recreation Ground
Bancroft Recreation Ground did not receive the hoped for grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. NHDC have said that there will be discussions with HLF, hopefully to clarify why, but that meeting is not until September 22nd and it is uncertain when … [Read more...]
Photos of Priory Fields walk
Priory Fields Campaign
We were delighted by the public's response to a guided walk through this lovely area which is currently proposed for development. Hitchin Town Action Group, established by four groups in Hitchin, The Hitchin Society, Hitchin Forum, Hitchin … [Read more...]
Churchgate
The arcade known as Churchgate and some surrounding shops were built in 1971 and have been the subject of much discussion, planning and controversy for many years. This culminated in the ill-fated proposals by Simons, involving 7 acres of the centre … [Read more...]