All four major Bushey greenbelt sites have been removed from the Local Plan. Bushey Mill Lane, Harts Farm, land north of Farm Way, and Heathbourne Green - totalling 266 acres - had been placed on the original 2021 draft plan.
Emma attends the Liberal Democrat's local election campaign launch in Harpenden today.
It was a great honour to be selected in January last year as your Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hertsmere. Here is my report from my first year as your PPC.
Residents have complained about the ASL waste processing site on Bushey Hall Road (the former donkey field near the Water Lane tunnel). ASL have now applied for retrospective planning permission which we hope will be denied, allowing the site to be closed
Ambitious plans to improve recycling across the Hertsmere have been approved. Weekly household food-waste collections will begin in April 2025, making it much easier and cleaner for residents to recycle food and reducing what is sent to landfill.
Bushey Lib Dems say the appeal must be refused: There are no Very Special Circumstances. Residents are overwhelmingly opposed to the development. The site is environmentally sensitive and a flood plain. It would likely generate 1,000 daily car journeys.
October is Black History Month - a chance to celebrate the Black British community, acknowledge their contributions and discover their stories.
Read Ed Davey's speech to the Liberal Democrats' Autumn Conference in Brighton
Carers are not just support for their loved ones—they are the glue holding our fragile social care system together. They deserve more than token acknowledgements or empty promises.
