The council will provide accommodation to those without any accommodation available.
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A policy to provide accommodation to people where there is a likelihood of rough sleeping has been reinstated by the council for the latest lockdown.
In the first lockdown in March last year, the government gave councils two days notice to house all the homeless for the lockdown, but this has since not be repeated by the government for the following lockdowns.
However, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has decided to house the homeless in the borough for this lockdown.
A spokesperson for the council said: At the moment the numbers are not as high as we experienced in March, however it is only a few days since the lockdown was announced by the Prime Minister last Monday.
Aerial view of Symondshyde Green Belt land. Picture: Save Symondshyde
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Welwyn Hatfield s draft Local Plan has once more come under fire from the government inspector, who has raised concerns over the unjustified bias in site selection.
The examiner of the plan, Melvyn Middleton, has asked Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council to justify why it has excluded villages that are close to train stations, meaning less travel in a borough where most are reliant on their car, and instead opted for most of the development in Hatfield and Welwyn Garden City.
Mr Middleton claims the borough has still not properly explained why, following an October report, Brookmans Park, Cuffley, Little Heath, Woolmer Green, Digswell, Marshmoor in Welham Green were not looked at further.
The Welwyn Garden City Centenary Foundation celebrations
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The Welwyn Garden City Centenary Foundation is looking ahead to how they will continue their celebrations in 2021.
Many of last year s WGC100 events, commemorating the official birthday of the town on April 29, 2020, were able to go ahead despite COVID-19 restrictions.
Volunteers at the WGC100 Community launch in the Howard Centre.
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However the festivities are not over yet, with the celebrations set to conclude with the unveiling of a statue of town founder Ebenezer Howard in spring 2021.
Peter Wain, chair of the centenary foundation, said: “We have been overwhelmed by the response of the community to celebrate the town s centenary.
The multi-storey car park is still being built.
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A three-hour free parking period with chargeable long stay options could be introduced across Hatfield town centre car parks next year.
It follows a parking survey carried out by Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council with local businesses, which revealed 70 per cent of customers need to park for under three hours, in line with the town’s current restrictions.
However, local businesses also wanted to enable people to stay for longer periods than most restricted spaces currently allow.
And its now proposed to charge people £3.50 for three to four hours and £6.50 all day, as recommended by the council’s town centre regeneration board.
Cllr Tony Kingsbury is the council leader at Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council.
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After Welwyn Hatfield moved into Tier 4 the council s leader has released a statement.
Tony Kingsbury, leader of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, said on Saturday: There is no getting away from the fact that this evening s announcement is devastating news. Many of us will find it hard to take right now, but we have seen how resilient and resourceful the Welwyn Hatfield community is. Now, more than ever perhaps in our lifetimes, we need to show all of that strength, resolve, and collective spirit to get back on top of this virus and control the spread. It won t be easy, but the alternative is so much worse.