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Welwyn Garden City Society - Championing a town designed for healthy living.
Welwyn Garden City Society Championing a town designed for healthy living.

This page covers news and comment about the various ongoing and proposed developments along Broadwater Road.

These are known as:

  • BioPark
  • Shredded Wheat or The Wheat Quarter
  • Broadwater ‘Gardens’
  • Broadwater Road South

BioPark Articles

An introduction to the on-going development proposals called BioPark…

Broadwater Road Welwyn Garden City BioPark Development

The BioPark decision will reverberate around Welwyn Hatfield

Welwyn Garden City Society - BioPark Campaign

BioPark Redevelopment Public Inquiry Commences 12 July 2022

Welwyn Garden City Society - BioPark Campaign

BioPark Development Increases Concrete City Fear

Shredded Wheat | The Wheat Quarter Articles

An introduction to the on-going development proposals called Shredded Wheat or The Wheat Quarter…

A photo of The Wheat Quarter site and silos

Wheat Quarter – Society’s Response to Planning Submission

A photo of The Wheat Quarter site and silos

Wheat Quarter Consultation – Society’s Response

A photo of The Wheat Quarter site and silos

The initial Wheat Quarter consultation – Give them your views

Articles on the Broadwater Road Development as a whole...

An introduction to the on-going development proposals called Broadwater ‘Gardens’

A photo of The Wheat Quarter site and silos

Wheat Quarter – Society’s Response to Planning Submission

A photo of The Wheat Quarter site and silos

Wheat Quarter Consultation – Society’s Response

A photo of The Wheat Quarter site and silos

The initial Wheat Quarter consultation – Give them your views

The Wheat Quarter Logo

New Proposals for the Wheat Quarter – Physical Consultation/ Exhibition

Broadwater Road Welwyn Garden City BioPark Development

The BioPark decision will reverberate around Welwyn Hatfield

Welwyn Garden City Society - BioPark Campaign

BioPark Redevelopment Public Inquiry Commences 12 July 2022

The Welwyn Garden City Coat of Arms – granted in 1958.

Welwyn “Garden” City Hangs in the Balance – Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Broadwater Road South Revised Consultation by MTV – Let Them Know Your Views

Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council Meeting 27th January 2022

Full Council meeting to discuss the revised Local Plan housing figures

Economist article: ‘The fight to preserve a pioneering planned town- the NIMBYs are right this time’.

BBC News: Elections 2021: Can Welwyn Garden City balance original vision with new housing?

Broadwater: South Site – New Annotations of Images That Show Changes

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