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PETITION TO FORMALLY CREATE THE ELLENBROOK COUNTRY PARK & TRUST AND PREVENT QUARRYING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE Please go to Herts County Council petitions website to sign now this one is closed https://democracy.hertfordshire.gov.uk/mgEPetition...
We, the undersigned, petition Hertfordshire County Council, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and St Albans District Council to:
- Enforce the legal agreement s106 creating Ellenbrook Country Park
- Ensure that the quarry application is heard by full Hertfordshire County Council and that the risks associated with bromate pollution are fully investigated
- Ensure that any further applications for housing development on Ellenbrook Country Park are heard by full Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and the cumulative impact of overdevelopment in Hatfield is considered along with the risks associated with the bromate pollution
In particular we seek the establishment of Ellenbrook Park Preservation Trust Limited and the granting of a lease for 125 years to that Trust for the land forming Ellenbrook Park. We also request that the monies agreed during the planning process amounting to over £2Million pounds now be handed over by Arlington’s as promised.
The s.106 agreement was signed 18 years ago with the promise of the Trust to be formed. Whilst access to the area has been permitted for several years the Park and Trust have not been formally established, and other actions have been proposed in the last three years not in accord with the purpose of the Trust.
Before any further planning proposals are considered by any relevant planning authority the terms of the 2000 s.106 agreement should be complied with. The park is a unique public and important recreational and public health resource for Hatfield and other local residents and preserves the green belt gap between Hatfield and St Albans.
We ask that :-
- The application by Brett Aggregates on behalf of Arlington to quarry this land is heard by HCC Full Council and dismissed due to the high risks posed by the Bromate pollution to irreversibly contaminate the water course from which Affinity Water draw our drinking supplies.
- That the application by Arlington to build 1,100 homes on the specific area of the old Hatfield Aerodrome that is already polluted by Bromate (and not a proposed quarry site) should be heard by WHBC Full Council and dismissed due to the irrecoverable risks posed by the Bromate pollution to the water course from which Affinity Water draw our drinking supplies and the cumulative impact of housing development in the area .
- A full investigation be made of the potential risk of disturbing the bromate leak underground by the methods proposed by Brett Aggregates (with plans to dig a quarry deeper than 14 metres) and therefore the risk posed to the current Affinity Water resources for Hatfield’s public water supply through Tyttenhanger and Roestock pumping stations, in the interests of Hatfield, Smallford and St Albans residents to prevent any further high risk development of the site.
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Reached 1,000 supporters
February 13, 2019
February 12, 2019
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people care about Ellenbrook. We are getting so near to that first big milestone because of your kindness and I truly never thought this would reach so many kind souls.
February 2, 2019
Seeing one hundred signatures pop up on the screen is honestly a bit overwhelming. I am just one person who wanted to see our park protected and I never imagined so many of you would feel the same way.
Reached 100 supporters
January 31, 2019
January 30, 2019
I am honestly overwhelmed by the support growing for our park and it is all thanks to your efforts. If you could send the link to a few more people today we might finally hit that first big milestone.
388 Comments
This site is a wonder of nature and a commemoration to those who died during the war for our today. Please DO NOT build here over development has already consumed Hatfields majority allow nature some respite. -A Hatfield resident living on "The Runway"
The land between Notcutts and the University is a unique parkland with important recreational, wildlife and public health resource for Hatfield and other local residents and preserves the green belt gap between Hatfield and St Albans.
We have so much traffic in St albans rd west as it is. So many lorries all day. Ellenbrook lane is a lane ,not a road it would be chaos. And make it very dangerous. A healthy area for young and old will be turned into a nightmare of danger and pollution.
Ellenbrook fields is currently enjoyed by hundreds of walkers, dog walkers, runners, cyclists, bird watchers, uni students and nature lovers alike. The loss of this beautiful amenity to another mass quarry site will hit everyone in this area very hard.
Ellenbrook is a green buffer between St Albans and Hatfield an provides a useful green transport alternative to Hatfield Road. Quarrying or housing would significantly increase local traffic putting further strain on our busy roads and causing danger for cyclists.
I'm appalled that Arlington are trying to renege on their agreement. The Council must do their job and enforce s106 and ensure the country park is preserved for future generations. There are plenty of brown field sites left to build on and ones which won't contaminate the environment with Bromate at the same time. This is the only truly wild space for Hatfield residents and we cannot allow this unique area to be destroyed because Arlington wish to cash in on their broken promises and the council fail to hold them to their word.
An agreement being broken.. I walk this area regulary with my children and dog. This is the only wildlife, wetlands and natural shrubbery area left in Hatfield. I believed it to be a protected flood plain area and the possibility of water contamination if disturbed?? A disgrace.
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PETITION TO FORMALLY CREATE THE ELLENBROOK COUNTRY PARK & TRUST AND PREVENT QUARRYING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE Please go to Herts County Council petitions website to sign now this one is closed https://democracy.hertfordshire.gov.uk/mgEPetition...
We, the undersigned, petition Hertfordshire County Council, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and St Albans District Council to:
- Enforce the legal agreement s106 creating Ellenbrook Country Park
- Ensure that the quarry application is heard by full Hertfordshire County Council and that the risks associated with bromate pollution are fully investigated
- Ensure that any further applications for housing development on Ellenbrook Country Park are heard by full Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and the cumulative impact of overdevelopment in Hatfield is considered along with the risks associated with the bromate pollution
In particular we seek the establishment of Ellenbrook Park Preservation Trust Limited and the granting of a lease for 125 years to that Trust for the land forming Ellenbrook Park. We also request that the monies agreed during the planning process amounting to over £2Million pounds now be handed over by Arlington’s as promised.
The s.106 agreement was signed 18 years ago with the promise of the Trust to be formed. Whilst access to the area has been permitted for several years the Park and Trust have not been formally established, and other actions have been proposed in the last three years not in accord with the purpose of the Trust.
Before any further planning proposals are considered by any relevant planning authority the terms of the 2000 s.106 agreement should be complied with. The park is a unique public and important recreational and public health resource for Hatfield and other local residents and preserves the green belt gap between Hatfield and St Albans.
We ask that :-
- The application by Brett Aggregates on behalf of Arlington to quarry this land is heard by HCC Full Council and dismissed due to the high risks posed by the Bromate pollution to irreversibly contaminate the water course from which Affinity Water draw our drinking supplies.
- That the application by Arlington to build 1,100 homes on the specific area of the old Hatfield Aerodrome that is already polluted by Bromate (and not a proposed quarry site) should be heard by WHBC Full Council and dismissed due to the irrecoverable risks posed by the Bromate pollution to the water course from which Affinity Water draw our drinking supplies and the cumulative impact of housing development in the area .
- A full investigation be made of the potential risk of disturbing the bromate leak underground by the methods proposed by Brett Aggregates (with plans to dig a quarry deeper than 14 metres) and therefore the risk posed to the current Affinity Water resources for Hatfield’s public water supply through Tyttenhanger and Roestock pumping stations, in the interests of Hatfield, Smallford and St Albans residents to prevent any further high risk development of the site.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
February 13, 2019
February 12, 2019
I am honestly overwhelmed by how many people care about Ellenbrook. We are getting so near to that first big milestone because of your kindness and I truly never thought this would reach so many kind souls.
February 2, 2019
Seeing one hundred signatures pop up on the screen is honestly a bit overwhelming. I am just one person who wanted to see our park protected and I never imagined so many of you would feel the same way.
Reached 100 supporters
January 31, 2019
January 30, 2019
I am honestly overwhelmed by the support growing for our park and it is all thanks to your efforts. If you could send the link to a few more people today we might finally hit that first big milestone.
388 Comments
A wild, natural landscape, a welcome sanctuary for adults and kids alike, unspoilt and unique. This land was promised to the community and this promise should be honoured. Quarrying here would be an act of environmental and social vandalism.
This site is a wonder of nature and a commemoration to those who died during the war for our today. Please DO NOT build here over development has already consumed Hatfields majority allow nature some respite. -A Hatfield resident living on "The Runway"
The land between Notcutts and the University is a unique parkland with important recreational, wildlife and public health resource for Hatfield and other local residents and preserves the green belt gap between Hatfield and St Albans.
We have so much traffic in St albans rd west as it is. So many lorries all day. Ellenbrook lane is a lane ,not a road it would be chaos. And make it very dangerous. A healthy area for young and old will be turned into a nightmare of danger and pollution.
Ellenbrook fields is currently enjoyed by hundreds of walkers, dog walkers, runners, cyclists, bird watchers, uni students and nature lovers alike. The loss of this beautiful amenity to another mass quarry site will hit everyone in this area very hard.
Ellenbrook is a green buffer between St Albans and Hatfield an provides a useful green transport alternative to Hatfield Road. Quarrying or housing would significantly increase local traffic putting further strain on our busy roads and causing danger for cyclists.
I'm appalled that Arlington are trying to renege on their agreement. The Council must do their job and enforce s106 and ensure the country park is preserved for future generations. There are plenty of brown field sites left to build on and ones which won't contaminate the environment with Bromate at the same time. This is the only truly wild space for Hatfield residents and we cannot allow this unique area to be destroyed because Arlington wish to cash in on their broken promises and the council fail to hold them to their word.
An agreement being broken.. I walk this area regulary with my children and dog. This is the only wildlife, wetlands and natural shrubbery area left in Hatfield. I believed it to be a protected flood plain area and the possibility of water contamination if disturbed?? A disgrace.
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A wild, natural landscape, a welcome sanctuary for adults and kids alike, unspoilt and unique. This land was promised to the community and this promise should be honoured. Quarrying here would be an act of environmental and social vandalism.