Consultations

The Countryside Management Service is working in partnership with St Albans City & District Council to develop a new Greenspace Action Plan (GAP) for Nomansland Common.

GAPs are essentially map-based management plans that provide focus and direction for the running and improvement of open spaces. They provide a clear, logical process to determine the activities that should take place over a stated period of time to achieve the objectives for the site.

This plan will guide management of the site between 2023 and 2028. Stakeholder and members of the local community were invited to comment on a draft plan.

St Albans Community Safety Partnership (CSP) which is a statutory group of agencies including the Council, Police, Fire Service and Police & Crime Commissioner that work together to tackle crime and disorder.

Each year the CSP consults with the public and local groups on its plans for the coming year. The survey asked for residents' views on whether the Partnership's priorities are correct and for ideas on how to tackle these.  It gave residents an opportunity to share views on crime and anti-social behaviour in the District and to highlight problems that need to be addressed. This survey results feed into the development of action plans for the CSP in the coming year. 

For more information about the CSP, visit the Crime and anti-social behaviour webpage.

The Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP) for St Albans District is being drawn up by Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) in partnership with St Albans City and District Council.  The LCWIP aims to make walking and cycling the natural choice for shorter journeys or part of longer journeys. A technical study identified key cycling and walking routes in the District where the potential demand is greatest and where changes will most benefit residents.  A number of improvements were put forward and costed for 72 priority routes.  Details can be found on the HCC website.

Residents, businesses and community groups were asked to give their views on these proposals.

The Council's Taxi Licensing Policy has been reviewed and an updated proposed, this update seeks to introduce mandatory contactless/card payments in Taxis in St Albans City and District.  The Council asked for views and comments on the draft.
  
A summary of all responses will be included in the report to the Strategic Director for Community Place Delivery. The final determination will be made by the Strategic Director for Community Place Delivery. 

The Council are proposing to replace the current Code of Practice used to regulate busking, with two Codes of Conduct - one for buskers on market days and one for buskers on non-market days and asked for comments on the proposed codes.

The Council engaged on the proposed five-year Greenspace Action Plan (GAP) for Hatfield Road Cemetery and how stakeholders can contribute to the plan. 

GAPs are essentially map-based management plans that provide focus and direction for the running and improvement of open spaces. They provide a clear, logical process to determine the activities that should take place over a stated period of time to achieve the objectives for the site.

The Council engaged on the proposed five-year Greenspace Action Plan (GAP) for Hatfield Road Cemetery and how stakeholders can contribute to the plan. 

GAPs are essentially map-based management plans that provide focus and direction for the running and improvement of open spaces. They provide a clear, logical process to determine the activities that should take place over a stated period of time to achieve the objectives for the site.

Residents, businesses and interested parties were asked for their opinions on public open space in the District.

Public open space provides opportunities for sport and recreation, socialising, tourism and wildlife, making an important contribution to the health and well-being of communities, ecosystems and economies. St Albans District has a variety of public open spaces from Burydell Lane allotments, to small local play areas and country parks such as Heartwood Forest.

However, up-to-date information is needed in order to ensure that there is adequate provision of accessible, high quality open spaces that meet the needs and aspirations of local communities, local people and people who work in or visit the District.

Feedback will be used to inform the new Local Plan and investment decisions as part of an up-to-date strategy for public open spaces.

The Council engaged on the proposed five-year Greenspace Action Plan (GAP) for Verulamium Park and asked stakeholders how they would want to contribute to the plan. 

GAPs are essentially map-based management plans that provide focus and direction for the running and improvement of open spaces. They provide a clear, logical process to determine the activities that should take place over a stated period of time to achieve the objectives for the site.

The Council gave notice that it proposed changes to Hackney Carriage fares.  Residents, businesses and customers were invited to give their views on the changes.

The Council asked for views from residents, businesses and visitors on its updated Parking Strategy for 2022-27. The Strategy outlines the Council’s proposed key procedures, projects, and processes for the next five years that will influence parking policies and balance the parking needs of all users.

When making a planning application, applicants must provide information that meets set national requirements. Validation Checklists set out the detailed local requirements for supporting information.

The Council asked for your views on proposed updated Validation Checklists.

The Council asked for views on its draft Housing Strategy, including its proposed pledges and the aims and measures to help achieve them.

The Strategy has been developed to set out how the Council will respond to the challenges in delivering and managing high quality housing across all tenures in the district in the next 3 years.  It is the intention that the Strategy will be an evolving, dynamic document that will be monitored and reviewed to evaluate whether the Council’s objectives are achieved. 

The Council sought feedback on and experiences of tracking the progress of a planning application as part of a review of the planning process.

The Council asked for feedback and views on its updated draft Charitable Collections Licensing Policy, giving local residents and charities a chance to give their views on proposed changes. The Council considers that the process for obtaining a permit to collect money or clothing for charitable purposes benefits from a policy so that everyone, both the public and collectors, understands what we expect from those seeking to collect in our area.

The Council sought to update the fees for hackney carriage and private hire applications.

The fees were reviewed as they have not been reviewed for some time and to ensure that the fees reflect the actual costs incurred. In addition the Government Standards have also been included within the new fee structure. 

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Fees Review 2022 ( pdf - 86.59 KB )

The Council sought to update the fees for applications under The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018.

The fees were originally set low, this is due to it being a new Act and no history on how long the work would take was available. The Act has now been in place for 4 years, so we are better able to determine the officer time taken on applications. We need to ensure that the fees reflect the actual costs incurred and that is why an increase was proposed.

• Animal Welfare Licensing Fees Consultation ( pdf - 82.32 KB )

• Alban Way Greenspace Action Plan

• Bentsley Spinney Greenspace Action Plan

• Bernards Heath Green Space Action Plan

• Bricket Wood Common Green Space Action Plan

• Brownfield Land Register

• BT payphone removal

• Business Rates Revaluation 2017 Discretionary Support

• Busking Code of Practice

• Car Parking

• Changing Places Toilet Fund

• Charitable Collections Policy

• Charter Markets

• Clarence Park Management Plan

• Colney Heath Neighbourhood Plan Area

• Community Safety Partnership

• Council response times

• Council Tax Support Scheme

• Cunningham Field Open Space Project

• Customer Commitment

• Customer Services

• COVID-19 Recovery

• Draft Housing Strategy

• Electoral Boundary Review

• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy

• Gambling Policy

• Garage site developments

• Green Spaces management plan

• Grow Community Sopwell

• Gustard Wood Conservation Area character statement

• Hackney Carriage and Private Hire Licensing Policy

• Harpenden Leisure and Cultural Development

• Harpenden Neighbourhood Plan

• Hatfield Road Cemetery Management Plan

• Housing Allocation Policy

• Housing Tenancy Strategy

• How Wood Greenspace Action Plan

• Lea Valley Walk Greenspace Action Plan

• Leisure facilities

• Local Plan

• Napsbury Conservation Area Character statement

• Netherway Greenspace Action Plan

• Nickey Line Green Space Action Plan

• Night time economy

• Nomansland Common Green Space Action Plan

• Parva Close Green Space Action Plan

• Pavement Licensing Policy

• Polling District and Polling Place Review

• Portable youth shelter

• Public Space Protection Order

• Rail Timetable changes inquiry

• Payphones

• Polling districts and polling places

• Potters Crouch Conservation Area Character Statement

• Taxis

• Revenues and Benefits Customer Satisfaction

• River Ver and Verulamium Park Lakes Improvement Project

• Rothamsted Park Green Space Action Plan

• Sandridge Neighbourhood Plan Area

• Shafford Mill Conservation Area Character Statement

• Sopwell Nunnery Green Space Action Plan

• St Albans Green Ring

• Street Trading Policy

• The Wick Green Space Action Plan

• Verulamium Park

• Website redesign

• Westminster Lodge Changing Places

• Yellow line parking restrictions