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 […]
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Killingdown Farm planning appeal upheld
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 […]
Are you eligible for the Green Homes Grant?
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 […]
Our response to the Local Plan consultation
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 […]
Which sites have been put forward for development near you?
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 […]
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Chris celebrates a strong election result in Dickinsons Ward
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% […]
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Greens fight for better housing at Killingdown Farm
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 […]
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SYCAMORE AMENITY LAND – Let’s give credit where credit is due
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 […]
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We are prophets but we are also agents of change
By Mary Chabrel, Green Party member. Thirty years ago this month, I finished my GCSEs, Geography being one of them. I was already a conservation volunteer in the Colne Valley and in the lower sixth I founded ‘Help Earth Live Peacefully’, a still applicable maxim I think! The group collected cans in separate bins, squashed […]
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Green Party stands with Black communities
22nd June marks Windrush Day, a day which commemorates the Windrush Generation and their legacy. The first generation of workers came to the UK by invitation to help rebuild Britain after World War II but many were met with hostility and intolerance when they arrived. Since then, Black individuals have been wrongly detained, denied legal rights, […]
