The Boundary Commission for England is currently reviewing parliamentary boundaries with a view to reducing the total number of constituencies in England from 533 to 501 and equalising the electorates as far as possible.  It is proposing to move Ashridge Ward (which includes our parish) from Hemel Hempstead to South West Hertfordshire.  Details of the review can be found on the Boundary Commission for England Website.  If you wish to comment on this proposed change you can do so there – but you only have until Monday 5th December.

Details Of Meeting

Meeting held on Thursday 17th November 2016
In the Church Rooms, Potten End at 8pm
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Hertfordshire County Council has announced closures of Nettleden Road in Little Gaddesden from 09.30 to 15.00 during a period of around ten days starting on Monday 21st November.  This is to carry out kerbing works to prevent encroachment of vehicles onto the grass verges and some carriageway patching to stop water ponding.  Full details of the closures and their exact location can be found here.

The parish council provides and maintains the bus shelters on and opposite Potten End Village Green.  The one opposite the green is on land owned by the Village Hall and leased to the parish.  The 25 year lease is due to expire next year and at its meeting on 20th October the parish council agreed (Minute 7.2) to instruct its solicitors to draw up a new lease and to pay an increased annual rent.

Volunteer members of the Chiltern Society’s Hertfordshire Conservation Group have made two visits to Potten End in the last fortnight in order to improve the Hertfordshire Way between The Common and Nettleden Road.  The footpath has been widened through the clearance of encroaching vegetation and a large patch of Himalayan balsam near the golf course has been uprooted (to try to stop it growing again).