Nettleden with Potten End Parish Council
Dacorum’s Local Plan
Dacorum Borough Council has published its draft Local Plan for consultation.
The Parish Council has significant concerns with the proposals which include the potential for significantly more traffic coming through Potten End and building on significant quantities of Green Belt land. The Parish Council will object strongly to the proposed Plan and ask Dacorum to reconsider.
Anyone is able to input to the consultation and we encourage you to do so. The deadline for comments is 28th February 2021.
Further information can be found here.
Her Majesty, The Queen
It is with great sadness that Nettleden with Potten End Parish Council has learned of the death of Her Majesty, The Queen.
The Council and residents of the parish extend their condolences to members of the Royal Family.
Anyone wishing to express their sympathies to the Royal Family may do so in the Book of Condolence at Holy Trinity Church, Potten End from about 8am – 6pm each day or in the online Book of Condolence provided by Buckingham Palace. Floral tributes may be left by the war memorial outside the church.
At At 6pm on Sunday, 18th September, there will be a Service of Commemoration marking the death of her Late Majesty in Holy Trinity Church; everyone is welcome to attend either in person or online.
At 8pm on Sunday, 18th September there will be a national minute’s silence as a moment of reflection on the eve of the Funeral of Her Late Majesty. There will be no formally organised event in the parish but if you wish to hold a local event some guidance has been issued as one possible way in which to manage it.
A copy of the Proclamation of the accession of King Charles III may be downloaded here.
Parish Council News – June 2024
| Highways Highways have been undertaking work at the bottom of Roman Road in Frithsden. The white lines on Nettleden Road have been refreshed but unfortunately not the ‘slow’ sign as you approach the Frithsden Lane junction from Potten End which is being re-scheduled along with the lines at the Church Rd/The Common/The Green junction in Potten End. A DriveSafe exercise on The Common near the junction with Hempstead Lane recorded 19% of cars approaching from Berkhamsted exceeding 35mph. Road works: Hempstead Lane will have traffic light controls for the foreseeable future. Potten End Hill will be closed from 1 – 3 July, and Nettleden Road will have traffic light control from 4 – 8 July. Red Lion Lane will be closed from 15 – 19 July, and there will be intermittent traffic lights at the junction of Red Lion Lane at the Leighton Buzzard Rd over the next few months to allow equipment to be installed and removed for a major project to remove a weir and improve the banks of the River Gade. See one.network for details of roadworks. Open spaces A safety review of the play equipment has identified a number of relatively minor issues that need to be resolved. Concern was expressed at the poor quality of the two log benches near the play equipment which are showing their age and some rather worrying splinters and so the Council will be considering removing both them and the log benches on The Green and the Old Green. It’s proposed to replace the log benches near the play equipment with recycled plastic benches. The Council will consider a proposal not to allow more picnic benches on Spencer Holland – previous proposals to allow more benches have met with resistance from some quarters but it’s hoped that the proposal to install two more usable benches near the play equipment (see above) represents a reasonable compromise. The Council will consider a proposal to extend the wooden fence along the edge of Spencer Holland with Plough Lane almost to the junction with Vicarage Rd. The removal of a blockage in an overflow pipe at the pond running under Hempstead Lane together with repairs by Affinity Water to a leaking water main have cleared the puddle outside Martins Pond pub but revealed that there is a crack in the overflow pipe which will need to be repaired. Planning The Council supported an application from Pipers Forge, Nettleden for works to trees (24/01133/TCA) and will consider applications from: 51 Hempstead Lane, retention of first floor glass balustrade (24/01138/RET) 17 Hempstead Lane, construction of 1 new dwelling with associated landscaping (24/01253/FUL) Crossways, Little Heath Lane, proposed single-bay garage with open carport and replacement greenhouse (24/01278/FUL) 3 Roman Road, Nettleden, new opening within existing garage (24/01291/FHA) Lindens, 17 Hempstead Lane, (ie the second new building on this site in addition to 24/01253/FUL above) construction of 1 new building (24/01254/FUL) Land, Nettleden Rd, Change of use from agricultural land to Suitable Accessible Natural Green Space (SANG) together with a vehicular access, car park, paths, fencing and landscaping (24/01254/FUL) Roseheath Wood, Bullbeggars Lane, driveway gate and pillars (24/01321/RET) Parish Council accounts The Parish Council has to approve its financial accounts for 2023/24. Members of the public have a right to view that return from 24 June to 2 August 2024. |
VE Day in Potten End
To celebrate VE Day at Potten End on 8 May, the flag will be raised at the church at 9am, the church bells will be rung at 6:30pm, a beacon will be lit on The Green at 9.30pm after which there will be a short service. Everyone is invited to attend.
Ashridge Estate – protecting our roots
Paul Miller from the National Trust gave a presentation at the March Parish Council meeting about the “Protect our Roots” project at the Ashridge Estate summarising information boards for events which took place in Little Gaddesden, Aldbury and Berkhamsted which are now available for downloading.