Liberal Democrat leader of St Albans District Council, Paul de Kort, has set out his intention to challenge the government on their “unreasonable” uplift in housing targets which could overwhelm local transport infrastructure.
In the face of rising homelessness across the St Albans district, the Liberal Democrat led district council has agreed to lease up to 50 new homes to ease this crisis.
The Liberal Democrat led St Albans District Council yesterday (9th September) voted to adopt a Local Plan - the first Local Plan in the district for more than 30 years, in a move that will ‘shield’ the district from unplanned speculative development.
Once completed in October 2027, the site at Stevenage will become one of the most advanced Operational Live Fire Training (OLFT) centres in the UK.
The government has announced that there will be four unitary councils for Hertfordshire. Any reorganisation would have been expensive and disruptive but splitting Hertfordshire in four will be the most expensive and most disruptive option.
Liberal Democrats dominated the results in last week’s local elections in Hertfordshire.
