Luton Airport Expansion Plans: Should Luton Airport expand its passenger throughput from 18 million to 32 million each year? The Consultation documents are here. The consultation continues until December 16th. Hitchin Forum's response is here … [Read more...]
Reports on Local Footpaths
These are prepared by Bill Sellicks and submitted to Herts County Council via Country Management Services. The purpose is to highlight problems and suggest improvements that make the footpaths safer and more pleasant to use. Any comments on these can … [Read more...]
Friends of Butts Close & its Newsletters
We support members who have concerns in their neighbourhood – Friends of Butts Close is one such group. You can join the group by emailing buttsclose@gmail.com. They produce four or five newsletters each year, and we have provided links to them … [Read more...]
Spring Clean Gallery 2019
Hitchin Footpaths – How You Can Help
Hitchin Footpaths – How You Can Help For some years, Hitchin Forum members have worked in coordination with Hertfordshire County Council’s Countryside Access Officer for our area, Nicholas Maddex. Our input was of the form of a general survey of … [Read more...]
Revised Churchgate Timeline
With renewed activity about developing Churchgate and the surrounding area, we have revised the Timeline to show what happened when Churchgate Timeline 1971 - Churchgate built; described at the time as a “space age development to keep up with … [Read more...]
Hitchin’s Big Green Litter Pick – October 21st
Hitchin Forum and Clean Up Hitchin (https://www.cleanuphitchin.co.uk/) joined forces for a stupendous effort with 233 volunteers covering 16 sites across the town and collected 188 bags of rubbish. Little extras included in the haul at The Dell were … [Read more...]
Churchgate Survey
North Herts District Council has agreed "to support the principle of a joint venture regeneration of the Churchgate Centre in Hitchin, with the Council as funder of the regeneration. The potential joint venture between the Council and Shearer … [Read more...]
Letter to NHDC about Churchgate consultation
We have written to NHDC (in the person of the Deputy Chief Executive) setting out our reservations about the consultation survey and the proposals, whilst generally supporting them. We did attach a 2015 report* Markets Matter - click here about the … [Read more...]
The Big Hitchin Spring Clean March 2018
The Big Hitchin Spring Clean on Sunday was a great success. 93 volunteers were organized into 12 teams and they worked hard! 149 bags of rubbish plus other big items - a mattress, tent, 6 bound bundles of newspapers, wheelbarrow frame and much else. … [Read more...]