The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has recognised East Herts Council’s Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) as an example of best practice.
The official opening of Castle Park in Bishop’s Stortford took place on Sunday, 1 September with newly elected local MP, Josh Dean, cutting the green ribbon.
Arts in East Herts, our exciting new arts showcase which is running through September and October across the district, kicked off last Sunday with an artists’ open studio in Bishop’s Stortford.
Two of the 70 graves unearthed last year during the redevelopment of Castle Park in Bishop’s Stortford, are now known to date back to the 10th century, firmly placing them in the Anglo-Saxon period. This means they predate Waytemore Castle by over 100 years.
BEAM, Hertford’s new multi-purpose arts venue, has officially opened following a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring Josh Dean, the newly-elected MP for Hertford and Stortford, and the theatre’s Cinderella Youth Ensemble, who together marked the start of a new cultural era in East Hertfordshire
East Herts Council has fully updated and strengthened its plans to bring its carbon emissions down to a minimum by 2027 in advance of being a net zero carbon council by 2030.
East Herts Council has scheduled monthly meetings of the Development Management Forum (DMF), giving residents the opportunity to present their views (on complex or sensitive major planning applications for the development of 50 or more homes) to councillors, planning officers and the applicant early in the planning application process.