Hertfordshire County Council have not recommended the approval of the reserved matters at this stage due to insufficient evidence to protect the Public Rights of Way.
After the Bramble Lane fiasco with the unplanned fencing, It’s good to see the local authority requiring the Public Rights of Way in and around this development to be adequately protected.
Continue reading Hertfordshire County Council push for Public Rights of Way to be protected (condition 44)A tree on Bramble Lane fell after the construction works were carried out adjacent to it for the installation of fencing for High Leigh Garden Village, a post was dug directly next to the tree potentially damaging it. Broxbourne Borough Council will not peruse the matter as they don’t believe the fencing has caused any damage and likely wish to protect the developers interests. We now have a fallen tree, fencing installed next to trees and their root systems and cement overflowing some of the posts of the newly installed fencing. All of this occurred inside a Tree Preservation Order, which is meant to protect the trees but the council will not uphold the trees legal protections.
Continue reading Beautiful Protected Tree Fell and Removed on Bramble Lane, Soon After Installation of Fencing For High Leigh Garden VillageFencing was installed earlier this year on Bramble Lane in relation to High Leigh Garden Village. Bramble Lane has a Tree Preservation Order (TPO), which is in place to protect the trees. Some of the fencing was installed in very close proximity to the trees on bramble lane, in some cases they are are less than 15cm from the base of the trees and with cement overlapping the roots of some trees. This does not seems acceptable for a TPO, normally fencing is installed some distance away and not dug into the ground like it has been.
Continue reading Fencing installed on Bramble Lane, but does it comply with the Tree Preservation Order?Unsurprisingly the works on the Dinant Link road roundabout have failed once again.
Residents now face multiple weekends of works and temporary traffic lights, in April and March on the Dinant Link roundabout which is the major connection to the A10 from Hoddesdon. Have we not endured enough inconvenience from this roundabout?
The incompetence of the developers never fails to amaze us!
Residents have already faced multiple attempts to rectify the failed roundabout. The developers continue to fail to get it right.
The works will likely breach the planning permission again, cause inconvenience to residents and may not even succeed based on how poor the development of this roundabout has been so far.
Please share this with residents and your friends which may be affected by the works.
Please send your complaints objecting these works to:
Hertfordshire County Council: [email protected]
and
Broxbourne Borough Council: [email protected]
High Leigh Garden Village phase 2 application has been submitted.
You have until the 18th February 2020 to send your comments regarding phase 2 of the development to [email protected]
You can find the new reserved matters documents on the planning portal.
Planning reference: 07/13/0899/O
Reserved matters reference (new reserved matters documents can be found here): 07/20/0046/RM
Search the references on the Broxbourne planning portal:
In response to questions 1, 4 and 5, the information that the Council holds on those with an interest in High Leigh is taken from the 2015 section 106 agreement on which the following names appear:
Mr D E Brock-Jest
Mr A C Spicer and Mr F T O’Connell (administrators for Hubert C Leach (High Leigh) Ltd Hubert C Leach (High Leigh) Ltd The Directors Empire LIH Limited Mr R A N Jest Mr T B PerkinsIt is known to the Council that LIH has taken possession of the interests of Hubert C Leach (High Leigh) Ltd and it is understood that this company has no remaining interest.
https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/latest_update_on_high_leigh_gard
The Council has met with the prospective developer of the majority of the High Leigh site and it is understood that LIH will publicise the identity of that developer shortly. However, at the present time that information is confidential.
On the 31st May 2019 a complaint against Broxbourne Borough Council was finalised and the complaint was upheld. This complaint was in relation to the late overnight works for High Leigh Garden Village.
Continue reading LGO Complaint Upheld Against Broxbourne Borough Council – High Leigh Garden VillageSummary: Mr Y complains about the Council’s decision not to enforce against breaches of planning control at a development site close to his home. The Ombudsman does not uphold this part of the complaint because the Council was entitled to resolve the breaches informally. Mr Y also complains about the Council’s decision to grant permission for noisy works under Section 61 of the Control of Pollution Act. The Ombudsman finds fault because the Council approved the application without visiting the site and noting errors in the measurements. This meant the developer was not required to install additional acoustic barriers, and so Mr Y suffered more disturbance than necessary for eight nights in total. The Council will apologise and pay £150 to Mr Y.
LGO, 31st May 2019
To allow information to be easily accessible, the following information from this FOI request has been published here for download. The FOI information posted here concerns the following request: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/lists_of_remedial_works_dinant_l
Continue reading FOI Request – Lists of remedial works – Dinant Link Road RoundaboutDear Sir
Broxbourne Council has received the following information from the developers:
The following utilities are currently being brought into the development from Lord Street within a four week period that we are about two weeks into:
A new sewer from Rosehill Bowls Club to the King William pub;
An electricity connection from Langton Road to Box Lane
A gas connection from the entrance to the High Leigh conference centre to the vicinity of Box Lane.
These are all expected to be completed by early March.
The area of the development to the north of the Dinant Link Road will be serviced through a new service corridor from Hertford Road. Water for the whole development to the north of Lord Street will be taken through this corridor.
With regard to the contents of the committee report, the contents of paragraphs 8.102 to 105 were factual statements in respect of the intention for service connections at that time. Note that paragraph 8.104 explicitly sates that the development would be sewered through Lord Street and it is that sewer connection that has been the principal cause of the road closure. There has been a change in strategy for gas and electricity for the housing south of the Dinant Link Road. Those works within Lord Street are however, coinciding with the sewer connection. There is nothing uncommon about this in a large development. It is a normal progression of the details as to how utilities will connect into a development.
Notwithstanding the above, none of the utility works within Lord Street require planning permission and there is no breach of the planning permission in that respect. Should there be any breaches of the conditions attaching to that permission, the Council will take any action deemed expedient at that time. For the reasons outlined previously, it would not have been appropriate to take enforcement action relating to the surfacing of the road and roundabouts outside of the permitted hours.
I trust this clarifies the position.
Jeff Stack
Chief Executive | Broxbourne Borough Council
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