Latest news & announcements
The Council has agreed that the 2018 District Plan needs updating. To help inform this update, the Council has launched a Call for Sites. This is an opportunity for individuals, landowners, developers, and other interested parties to submit sites that could potentially be used to build houses, employment space, community facilities or for helping nature recover.
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Places for People is due to carry out ground investigations on land required for the proposed Eastern Stort Crossing route, to further inform its design.
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Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) aim to make it easier, safer, and more enjoyable for people to walk, wheel, or cycle for work, school, everyday journeys, and leisure. In the coming months, East Herts District Council, in partnership with Hertfordshire County Council, will be asking for community views on the East Herts LCWIP draft route network map.
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We are pleased to announce that Sports and Leisure Management Limited (SLM), also known as Everyone Active, will be supporting East Herts Council in the lead up to the launch of BEAM.
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Castle Park in Bishop’s Stortford will be the venue for a D-Day commemoration hosted jointly by East Herts Council, Bishop’s Stortford Town Council and the Bishop’s Stortford branch of The Royal British Legion next week.
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East Herts Council and housing association, Paradigm Housing Group, have marked the completion of 46 affordable homes at Tudor Park, Sawbridgeworth.
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East Herts District Council is excited to announce that the grazing cattle have returned to Pishiobury Park in Sawbridgeworth and Red, White and Blue in Bishop’s Stortford (to the north of Grange Paddocks).
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East Herts Council is pleased to announce the launch of the ECO4 and ECO-Flex grant schemes to help improve the energy efficiency of eligible households.
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BEAM, a new multi-purpose arts and culture venue in Hertford will open its doors this summer following a £30m redevelopment project that has taken place over the last three years.
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Update on the Gilston Area Community Forum.
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East Herts Council has launched an energy advice helpline to give residents a single point of contact for impartial and expert advice on how to improve the energy efficiency of their home and save money.
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Arts in East Herts, an exciting local initiative to boost participation in the arts and cultural activities, was announced by East Herts Council today.
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Following a competitive bidding process, East Herts District Council are excited to announce the launch of four projects, backed by over £270,000 of funding from the Department from Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, to innovatively use digital and design tools in the planning process.
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East Herts Council is inviting Bishop’s Stortford residents of all ages to put their golf skills to the test over the Easter holiday.
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There is a new member of the recycling team! Paige features in a new video campaign to promote paper recycling which has been launched by East Herts Council and North Herts Council’s Shared Waste Service to highlight the important impact residents can have by separating out paper from their recycling.
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East Herts Council has installed Airscan monitors in three areas in East Herts where air quality does not meet national clean air standards: Bishop’s Stortford (Hockerill Junction), Hertford (Gascoyne Way) and Sawbridgeworth (London Road).
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Acting on its commitment to be a listening council, East Herts Council is setting up Community Forums which will bring together residents, planners, local councillors and developers to discuss and share information about housing developments planned for East Herts.
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East Herts councillors welcomed Rabbi Irit Shillor and other guests to the East Herts Council chamber on Wednesday, 24 January to remember and honour the victims of genocide ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on Saturday, 27 January. This is the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi death camp.
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East Herts Council is pleased to announce that Hertford Town Council has agreed to contribute to the fitting out of Hertford Theatre’s new studio theatre space with a grant of £325,000.
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East Herts Council is taking steps to ensure that the transformation of Hertford Theatre into a vibrant and exciting new arts hub for East Herts will be completed as planned, despite budgetary challenges.
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