There is to be an extraordinary meeting of North Herts Council next week (on the 8th at 19.30), called by the Lib Dem group to discuss the following motion:

“The council notes that the projected housing need for North Hertfordshire has reduced as a result of the latest predictions by the Office for National Statistics.

The council believes that the proposed allocation of housing sites in the Local Plan should be reduced to reflect this reduction in projected need and instructs officers to convey this to the Inspector as soon as possible and carry out any review work requested by the Inspector as a result.”

The reasons we have done this are rather complex (and far too long to go through here) but a number of us have not been comfortable with the Local Plan and the potential negative impact it could have particularly on Bygrave, Graveley, Great Ashby and Weston as well as surrounding Green Belt. If this motion passes it could have a direct impact on the proposed housing sites, though at this stage no specific sites are being discussed.You will be able to watch the meeting here: https://www.youtube.com/c/North-hertsGovUk/videos (holding video not live yet).