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Planning applications for week commencing April 19 validated for Watford, Three Rivers and Dacorum This week plans have been submitted for shipping container to be placed in the car park at Watford Arches Retail Park, for use as a retail store, and an application has been received to demolish an existing house in Wolsey Road, Moor Park, replacing it with a two-storey home with roofspace accommodation. Watford 48 Meadowbank, Watford WD19 4RW. Erection first floor rear extension. 18 Munden Grove, Watford WD24 7EE. Lawful development certificate for proposed hip to gable loft conversion wi...

Leavesden Country Park Grass cutting will be reduced this year at several locations around Three Rivers as part of a pilot project to increase biodiversity across the district. Some green spaces will remain uncut in order to find out what wildflowers grow naturally and the wildlife they attract. The project will start later this month and will feed into a county-wide audit taking place this summer which aims to better understand the rich biodiversity across Hertfordshire — everything from plants to mammals and insects. The pilot includes areas in Rickmansworth Park, Rickmansworth Aq...

- Credit: Archant A Thaxted resident had their doorbell ripped off from their home.   This is one of two recent crimes involving doorbells in the village, and took place at a property in Mill End at 10.30pm on March 26. The suspect fled the scene after committing the offence. In a separate incident earlier that day, a resident had their doorbell and an agapanthus plant stolen from their house in Weaverhead Lane at 7pm.   Should you have any information about these incidents, call Essex Police on 101, quoting crime reference number 42/54307/21 or 42/55603/21. You may also want to w...

Small tree to remember farmer with big personality ');  '); A TREE has been planted in memory of a farmer who died in an accident while working. Friends and relatives of Oliver Bowden, who ran Mill End Farm, near Hambleden, planted the Lebanese cedar sapling at Couchfield Barn, off the footpath on the village outskirts. The tree, which could eventually grow up to 40m tall, is accompanied by a plaque engraved by memorial masons E T Sheppard, of Henley. It carries the inscription: “Oliver Bowden, much-loved farmer and friend of this valley. 1963-2020.” Organiser Kate Waddington, a lifelong...

FIVE YEARS AGO The Black Boy pub. Photo: Google Street View A proposal to demolish a pub in Bushey and build new homes has been rejected. The application was to build two three bedroom and two four bedroom terraced houses on the site of the Black Boy Pub in Windmill Street, Bushey. At Hertsmere Borough Council’s planning meeting the planning application was unanimously rejected by the committee. Film crew at church in Bushey Cast of Holby City filming at St James' Church TV crews descended upon Bushey for an upcoming scene in the medical drama Holby City. The cast and crew...