An open letter from Harpenden County and District Councillor Teresa Heritage about the recent free parking debates at St Albans City & District Council can be found at the link below.

The option for an incinerator to be built on land at East Hyde, just north of Harpenden on the Lower Luton Road, has expired. This comes after hard work from local residents, councillors, the Stop Harpenden and Luton Incinerator campaign and Hitchin & Harpenden MP Bim Afolami.

Luton Borough Council have announced that they have halted plans for a proposed expansion to Luton Airport. The expansion had been opposed by local Conservatives at all levels.

Councils will be able to use excess grant funding to support additional local businesses not covered by other financial support packages, the Treasury has announced.

Conservatives at the County Council called for a review into the County’s policy on Luton Airport at full council last Tuesday.

Conservative-run Hertfordshire County Council declared a climate emergency and committed itself to ambitious plans to improve sustainability in Hertfordshire at Tuesday's full council.

Bim Afolami has welcomed news that children and young people in Hitchin & Harpenden are to benefit from additional mental health support. 

Mary Maynard, Leader of the Conservative Group at the District Council has successfully proposed a motion to limit the use of single use plastics in and polystyrene in the District.

She is also working with local activists and Harpenden Town Council to limit their use in Harpenden.

The Climate Emergency petition brought to the Council by Sustainable St Albans and Extinction Rebellion was warmly welcomed by all members of the Council and the Motion to make the District carbon neutral by 2030 was unanimously supported.