The Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council is carrying out public consultation on the Emerging Core Strategy from Monday 12 November 2012 to Friday 18 January 2013

The Emerging Core Strategy sets out the council’s preferred strategy for planning in the borough over the next 15 years and if adopted will be the key planning document in the Local Plan.

The Emerging Core Strategy and accompanying documents and the list of consultation events are now available to view online at www.welhat.gov.uk/localplan2012.

The evidence base for these documents is available to view online at http://www.welhat.gov.uk/evidencebase.

As discussed at the WPAG AGM in October 2012 we plan to undertake tripartite discussion and debate with the Welwyn Parish Council, and the Welwyn Parish Plan Action Group, and respond in conjunction with them.

The necessary arrangements have been put in place we will hope to keep you up-to-date with our progress.

In the meantime, please take the time to read through the salient points in the WHBC documents whose links are given above, and let us have your comment in the ‘Leave a Reply’ box below, in good time. Thanks.

WELWYN PLANNING AND AMENITY GROUP  

A.G.M.    5/10/11    –     CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Welcome

          On behalf of the committee a warm welcome to this the 37^th Annual General Meeting of Welwyn Planning and Amenity Group.

To explain the reason for a somewhat less intimate venue, the Parish Offices, which we have used for many years is no longer available for public hire following some internal alterations.

As usual I will start with some background to our past 12 months work

2010/11 – A Year of Change with more to come

The dominant feature of the past year has been to keep abreast of the potential effects of new policies and legislation on development planning. Continue reading →

WELWYN PLANNING AND AMENITY GROUP

A.G.M. 8/10/12 – CHAIRMAN’S REPORT

Introduction

This is a departure from normal procedures, in that I am publishing my Annual Report in advance of the AGM. My purpose is to explain how I want to change the way we operate as a Group, and change the structure of your Committee accordingly.

I hope that by so doing you will be encouraged to attend the AGM, and be better prepared not only to comment and criticise (in fair measure I hope), but above all, be prepared to contribute to the debate. My aim as we go forward is that your Committee will not only carry your agreed views with us, but will also start to provide you, members of the Welwyn Planning and Amenity Group, with a better service based upon the provision of selected information which we know will be of interest to you, and perhaps encourage your greater involvement.

That is not to say that the WPAG hasn’t achieved considerable success in the past – we have – but I feel that in return for your Annual Subscription, the Committee should offer a service which better matches the modern lifestyles of our members, including the regular provision of pertinent information online, for those of you who wish to receive it; information on a wide spread of matters covering such broad issues as planning, transportation, environment, community safety and so on.

Some of these issues might not affect Welwyn directly, such as
developments at Luton Airport, or the introduction of Incineration Units in the locality, but these are issues which I feel you as members will have views on, and which you might wish us to express collectively as a body of influence. Continue reading →