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20th January 2023 / 21st January 2023 by Co-Chair
Good news! The District Council has decided that the proposal for 500 new homes by Rousebarn Lane will not be included in the Local Plan. Cllr Chris Mitchell says: "I have attended all the Local Plan committee meetings since being elected. I have been able to speak up for Croxley Green and have been listened […]
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7th October 2022 / 15th January 2023 by Co-Chair
Three Rivers Green Party and Green Party Councillor Chris Mitchell have written to all local conservative councillors, calling on them to disown the governments ‘attack on nature’. The full letter reads: Dear Mr Mohindra and Three Rivers Conservative councillors, “This Government has today launched an attack on nature” ~ RSPB England There is widespread anger […]
Features
7th October 2022 / 17th February 2023 by Co-Chair
Cllr Chris Mitchell was honoured to be invited to talk with sustainability groups at both secondary schools in Croxley Green. He said: "It is wonderful to see the energy and enthusiasm of young people trying to grapple with some of the most difficult issues facing humanity." One of their main concerns was how they could […]
Members of Sustainable Three Rivers persuaded Tesco to power their van refrigeration with electricity. Previously, the diesel engines were running while stationary, contributing to harmful air pollution. Russell Ball and Rosi Jordon, with support from Green Party Councillor Chris Mitchell, managed to get Tesco to bring forward their plans and install electric charging points at […]
31st March 2022 / 15th January 2023 by Co-Chair
The Liberal Democrats have backtracked on the grassland management policy (also called 'no-mow'). It was first put forward by Independent Cllr Alex Michaels and the Council agreed to turn 50% of non-leisure grassland to meadow. The policy called for a ‘cut and lift’ method to encourage wildflowers and pollinators. However, in March, the report showed […]
31st March 2022 / 1st April 2022 by Co-Chair
As an ex-Lib Dem, who left the party and went on to serve as an Independent Councillor, Alex Michaels is supporting Chris at the election on 5th May 2022. “I am concerned about the Council’s poor performance on its environmental and biodiversity policies. Never has the District Council needed a councillor like Chris more than […]
31st March 2022 / 31st March 2022 by Co-Chair
Green Party members Chris and Andrew discuss the recent installation of solar panels on Andrew's home in Croxley Green.
15th March 2022 / 26th January 2023 by Co-Chair
Chris Mitchell presented a petition signed by 555 local residents to Three Rivers District Council on 6th December 2021. An inaccurate statement from a Lib Dem Councillor was read out and no debate was allowed. The Parish Council has written to correct this. You can read the facts on Croxley Green Parish Council website. The […]
13th March 2022 / 31st March 2022 by Co-Chair
Great news! The Sycamore Road development appeal has been dismissed. I congratulate all the residents for putting in so many objections. The Chair of the Management Association for the flats worked really hard as we did on the Parish Council. Overall this made the TRDC planning committee take notice. The Neighbourhood Plan was very important […]
15th February 2022 / 31st March 2022 by Co-Chair
Back in 2019 members of the Green Party met with a highways officer to draw attention to the neglect of newly planted trees. Tree ties, which are used to secure young trees to their support stakes, have not been removed and are constricting tree trunks. This can sometimes result in tree death. Following pressure from […]
Chris Mitchell persuaded the Parish Council to buy the woodland for resident’s use Local residents approached councillors about the future of five acres of Long Valley Wood adjoining Woodland Chase estate, south of Harvey Road. The land had been sold by developers to a demolition and waste clearance company that later went into liquidation. Residents […]
8th February 2022 / 31st March 2022 by Co-Chair
The Killingdown Farm planning application for 160 dwellings adjacent to The Green Conservation Area has been upheld at appeal and therefore the development will go ahead. This is a disappointing decision and we commend residents for their hard work in opposing the plan from the start. Let's be clear - the Lib Dem run Council […]
11th November 2021 by Co-Chair
The Green Homes Grant is a fund of more than £1million available to Three Rivers residents until March 2022. The scheme is administered by Three Rivers District Council. Find out more It is targeting households who would like a warmer home but cannot afford to make energy-saving home improvements, with fully funded measures worth up […]
4th August 2021 / 19th August 2021 by Co-Chair
Three Rivers District Council (TRDC) is consulting on a new Local Plan which will deliver 8,973 new homes. 80% are allocated to sites in the Green Belt. You can view and respond to the consultation here. The deadline is 20 August at 5pm. Please see our full response to Part 1: Preferred Policy Options here and […]
18th June 2021 / 4th August 2021 by Co-Chair
Three Rivers District Council (TRDC) is consulting on a new Local Plan. You can view the consultation here. Part 2: Sites for Potential Allocation 80% of the additional dwellings set out in the potential sites allocation document are allocated to sites previously in the Green Belt. There are many sites of serious concern including: CFS10 […]
25th May 2021 / 17th February 2023 by Co-Chair
Three Rivers District Council has designated the Red Cross Centre as a site for future development with 6 dwellings to be built on the land. This decision will remove a vital, well-used community space, which was built using funds raised directly from Croxley Green residents. Three Rivers District Council own the land where the Centre […]
13th May 2021 / 30th June 2021 by Co-Chair
In the Three Rivers District Council elections in 2021 Chris Mitchell increased the vote for the Green Party in Dickinsons Ward, Croxley Green, eightfold from 119 to 961, and the vote share sixfold from 6% to over 38%. He was narrowly beaten by the Liberal Democrats whose vote share fell by a third from 66% […]
3rd May 2021 / 30th June 2021 by Co-Chair
Chris Mitchell, Green Party candidate for Dickinsons Ward, has succeeded in persuading the developers of Killingdown Farm in Croxley Green to improve energy saving in 160 proposed new homes. Installing heat pumps instead of mains gas connection will result in an energy saving of 43%, a vast improvement on current minimum building standards. Chris has […]
28th April 2021 / 30th June 2021 by Co-Chair
It wasn’t ONLY the Liberal Democrat ward councillors who helped stop the recent application to build on the Sycamore Road amenity land (used by the residents of the flats), as comes across in the recent Lib Dem leaflet. My congratulations go to the many residents who objected so strongly (71 separate objections). In particular to […]
