Broadwater: South Site – New Annotations of Images That Show Changes
The implications of the proposed changes on the Broadwater sites are (deliberately?) very hard to identify. Annotated key images of the South Site showing the lost green spaces and new building block infills are below. Comments on the North site have been good, but alone they are not enough. Please register your comments on the […]
Warehouse development in the Green Belt
Residents may have noticed the large new warehouses being constructed along Cole Green Lane, next to the new Welcome to Welwyn Garden City sign. This development is on land within the green belt, it appears it was granted planning permission by WHBC. A short video has appeared on YouTube talking about this controversial development, you […]
Broadwater North Site: Impact of Proposed Density Increases
This annotation shows the impact of the proposed density increases on the North site: The changes to the building heights are annotated on this plan: Source documents: North Site Planning Application DAS (Design Access Statement) There is a previous post on how to object with weblinks and suggested text. Wake up Welwyn Garden: Enough is […]
Broadwater Developments Site Overview
There are 4 separate sites on the Broadwater Development (see Site Plan below): BioPark (old Roche Building) – Planning Application open for comment North Site by the Wheat Quarter – increased Planning Application open for comment South Site by MTVH – increased Planning Application open for comment South Site Phase 1 by MTVH – under construction […]
Welwyn Concrete City
Welwyn Concrete City – that’s how one Society member described plans for development of the Shredded Wheat site along Broadwater Road. Blocks up to 11 storeys high are proposed, with less greenery than initially promised. New proposals have been published recently for the Shredded Wheat and Bio Park sites that will increase the number of […]
Revised version of our ‘What Lies Beneath’ paper on Cole Green dump
The Society has updated its document published in the Autumn about the former landfill site covering much of the site now being promoted for “Birchall Garden Suburb’. The original document (available on this site) was submitted into the WHBC Local Plan consultation which closed in October. It was sent separately to relevant people within WHBC […]