Planning threats coming early in Hertfordshire
Three large areas of Green Belt could be lost this year to housing development around Hemel Hempstead and Tring if current plans are approved. Dacorum Borough Council wants to bring forward proposals to build 1,500 houses in what many consider a knee-jerk reaction to perceived housing demand in the area.
Join our heroes defending the Chilterns!
The Chiltern Society opposes development within the AONB which fails to conserve or enhance the natural beauty of the landscape. The Society also opposes any new development in the Green Belt which fails to protect its openness or undermines its purposes, including the unrestricted sprawl of large built-up areas and
Scrub Bash at Whiteleaf Hill
This week we hosted the Chiltern Conservation Board’s annual Scrub Bash at Whiteleaf Hill Nature Reserve. Over 80 volunteers turned out on a wonderful winter’s day to help restore the important chalk grassland on the steep scarp slope. Our regular volunteers were joined by others from a whole host of different groups and organisations
Central Chilterns Volunteer Conservation Group – New Leader Wanted
Our Central Chilterns volunteer conservation group has been running for more than 20 years. During that time it has made a huge contribution to the preservation of ponds and other small conservation sites. We are looking for a new leader to help the group continue it’s brilliant work. The role would consist
Chilterns Building Design Awards 2017
We are proud to announce the launch of our annual Buildings Design Awards, run jointly with the Chilterns Conservation Board. The purpose of these awards is to promote excellence in the design of new buildings in the AONB and wider Chilterns. We are looking for projects which are particularly sympathetic
Housing tidal wave threatens our special Chilterns countryside
The Chiltern Society has expressed its increasing concern at a “tidal wave” of planning applications which it says seriously threaten the special Chilterns countryside. “The new year has started with district councils putting forward ever worrying threats to the Green Belt and even the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB),”
Chilterns Countryside Under Threat
A current tidal wave of planning applications seriously threaten our special Chiltern countryside. Pressures for more dwellings in the Chilterns originate from Central Government planning guidelines used by County and District councils to calculate housing demand. These demands now threaten the Green Belt and even the AONB. The Chiltern Society
Saving pubs across the Chilterns
During 2016 volunteers from our ‘Save Our Pubs Group’ contributed to a number of campaigns to protect pubs across the Chilterns, either threatened with change of use or demolition and redevelopment. A Retrospective planning application was submitted in April for changes to the Windmill PH in Charlton, Herts . An objection
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