Hoddesdon Neighbourhood Forum 23 October 2019
Policing Priorities
Love Hoddesdon BID
Love Hoddesdon BID • Love Hoddesdon BID established in January 2018 for initial 5 years. • Generates an annual income of £100k from local businesses to invest in the town • Current events/initiatives include – Brown tourist attraction signs on key routes (A10) to be installed shortly – ‘Shop Local’ campaign – Publicly accessible defibrillator to be on outside of Library – Enhanced town centre events programme
Love Hoddesdon BID • Planned for next year are the following – CCTV scheme covering whole of town centre Increased level of floral ‘gateway’ displays at entrances to town and throughout High Street Significantly enhanced events programme to celebrate the Year of Culture
Love Hoddesdon BID HOW CAN YOU HELP? • Support local businesses • Encourage others to visit the town and see what it has to offer! • Volunteer to help with events/promoting the town
Love Hoddesdon BID MEET OUR HIGH STREET HERO • Mr. Stephen Harris, Chairman of our Events and Promotions Team, has been shortlisted for the High Street Hero Award in the Great British High Street Awards 2019, sponsored by the Daily Mirror . • The winner will be determined by an independent judging panel with an awards ceremony in November. • Let’s hope our local hero receives the national recognition he truly deserves.
Ratty’s Lane Waste Plant Veolia’s application to build an energy recovery from waste plant at Ratty’s lane in Hoddesdon has been rejected by the Secretary of State The Secretary of State disagreed with the Inspector’s recommendation and refused planning permission Veolia has not appealed the decision and the contract between Hertfordshire County Council and Veolia has been terminated.
New River Bridge Improvements Essex Road, Hoddesdon www.hertfordshire.gov.uk www.hertfordshire.gov.uk www.hertfordshire.gov.uk
New River Bridge Improvements • Hertfordshire County Council has been working in partnership with Broxbourne Borough Council and Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership to build a new access road and bridge over the New River. • The scheme will deliver improved access to and from Hoddesdon www.hertfordshire.gov.uk Business Park for all vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists.
Project Scope: • New access road • Bridge over New River • New links for pedestrians and cyclists. • Improved access into Business Park. • Toucan crossings for improved safety www.hertfordshire.gov.uk
Project Programme: Activity Start Finish Planning Permission Approved April 2019 Enabling Works (Utilities Diversions and October 2019 December 2019 environmental works) Construction Works January 2020 Spring 2021 • Most of the works are offline and will result in low impact to traffic. • Essex Road will be closed at night for approx. 7 days in 2021 to safely undertake resurfacing works to join the new access road. www.hertfordshire.gov.uk
Enabling works Some enabling works have started including: • Ecological mitigation works • Utility Diversions • Archaeological Investigations and • Site Investigations. Most of these works are offline and undertaken on weekdays between 8am to 6pm. www.hertfordshire.gov.uk
Community Engagement: • Opportunity for residents to meet the project team at ‘Meet the Contractor’ events which are planned to be held in November 2019. • Letter drops and publicity to be undertaken close to start of works. • Project website continuously updated with the project programme . How can I find out more? Website • www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/newriverbridge Email the project team • newriverbridge@hertfordshire.gov.uk www.hertfordshire.gov.uk
High Leigh Development The land owner and lead developer has recently announced that it will be partnering with Taylor Wimpey to deliver most of the housing within High Leigh The first phase of housing is expected to be on the land between the Dinant Link Road and Lord Street off the new mini roundabout. Officers are discussing the details of this alongside a Design Code which is to be reported to the Planning and Regulatory Committee in November. In the meantime, Lands Improvement has been putting in place the drainage and power infrastructure. It is still proposed to relocate Westfield Primary School into High Leigh and double its capacity. The County Council has decided to seek planning permission from itself for the school but Broxbourne has objected on various grounds. The County Council’s Development Control Committee deferred a decision on the planning application seeking significant design improvements.
New Bar Area- The Spotlight
New Bar Area- The Spotlight
The Spotlight – Upcoming Events Aladdin - 13 Dec 2019 — The Elvis Years - 15 Nov We Love Little Mix - The Ed Gamble: Blizzard – 13 th Ultimate Little Mix 31 Dec 2019 2019 November Experience – 28 th October Please find more information about future events at: https://thespotlight.ticketsolve.com/shows
Environmental Sustainability At the full Council meeting in July, Councillors voted to create a working group to look at how the Council can address Environmental Sustainability. This is one of the most important issues facing the country and the Council is committed to ensuring that the needs of today are balanced with the consequences for future generations. Areas of focus include: • reducing the carbon footprint • an extensive tree planting scheme • enabling the use of new technology to reduce the impact of vehicle emissions Broxbourne is an area with many beautiful parks, woodlands and waterways; the Council is determined to protect and enhance them for today and the future.
Local Air Quality Management The Borough of Broxbourne has a statutory duty to monitor its air quality under the Environment Act 1995. The Council currently monitors for nitrogen dioxide via 38 diffusion tubes which are strategically sited across the Borough. Nitrogen dioxide is a pollutant commonly associated with diesel vehicles
A10 Clean Air Charge In October 2018 the Council received a Ministerial Direction from the Minister of State at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs relating to an air quality exceedance on a southern section of the A10. The Direction requires the Council to present a business case to improve air quality to the Government’s Joint Air Quality Unit (JAQU). Deadline - 31 October 2019. Options being modelled include options such as; junction improvements and speed limit changes, as well as the introducing of a chargeable Clean Air Zone. Once JAQU have considered the Council’s business case and a preferred solution is identified, a public consultation exercise will take place to consider the proposed scheme.
New Council Website The Council has launched the first phase of its new website. Customers can now do a number of things online not previously available including: - report a fly-tip and pinpointing the location without having to key in all the address details - requesting business advice via an online form - search for waste and recycling collection dates - find housing advice tailored to individual circumstances - report a missed bin The new website can easily be accessed from a mobile device or tablet as well as on a personal computer or laptop. To complement the new website, the Council’s new reception is now open to the public enabling a self-serve service for those customers that do not have access to the internet at home and assisted self-serve for those that need assistance to use the new digital services
Reporting an issue on the new website What can you report? New features • Fly-tipping • Pin drop functionality to mark a location • A planning breach • on the map A missed bin collection • Antisocial behaviour • Nationwide postcode search, making it • A parking offence easier for those living outside of the • An environmental health issue • borough to report issues Overgrown trees, shrubs, hedges and grass • Additional questions asked specific to • A parks or play areas issue the form a customer is submitting • A road or footpath issue • (previously it was a generic report form A street care or cleaning issue • A business rates issue for all services) • Can be tracked and allocated to many members of staff • Promotes assisted and self-serve options
New Monthly E-newsletter The Council has launched a new monthly e-newsletter for residents ‘ Our Broxbourne’. Sign up at www.broxbourne.gov.uk/emailalerts
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