What a year we have had during 2012 in Leverstock Green! First the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with celebrations around the village, then the Olympic Torch relay started its Hemel Hempstead run through the village. And then of course we had the annual Village Fete, mid July.

The 3rd of November saw the annual firework display held to raise funds towards the running of the Village Hall. Many said it was the best display for many years.

Later in November was the Winter Fayre and Christmas Light switch on, both taking place on the 17th November.

We are pleased that once again Mike Penning MP, carried out the switch on!

 After many years of "plans" for large scale development around the village as part of the governments wider building plan, finally in the last few months, building work has started on land by Green Lane and Buncefield Lane. This mainly affects those living in St Margarets Way, as their green field out look will be no more.

It seems the next place where building might take place is off Westwick Row and Pancake Lane. There is a dispute about the access to this new estate. While the majority of residents accept the need for more homes in the area, it seems that planners have changed the planned access from Westwick Row and instead want to join into Pancake Lane, destroying historic hedgerow, not to mention dramatically change the outlook of the houses in Pancake Lane.

In 1997 when DBC first suggested that Green Belt land be built on, and this included all the land the other side of Greenacres and between Bartel Close and Blackwater Lane as well as the Westwick Farm site, the land opposite and Green Lane.  i.e. much of the land was in St. Alban's district.  In  this instance the LGVA worked with St. Albans and the suggestion of any St. Albans land was thrown out after the examination in Public.  The main thrust of our objection however did start in 1999 when we were fighting against the development off Green Lane and at Westwick Farm. About a decade ago the LGVA spent over £12000 on legal representation to fight the building plans and  LGVA members spent many hours fighting the village corner at the 2002 Public Enquiry . While of course it failed in its primary objective of stopping building,  changes were conceded at the time.

You can read a document issued about five years ago by Dacorum which gives some more information about what came out at the time.

2007 Planning Workshop

UPDATEHall Activities

 An updated listing of activities in the hall can be downloaded as a PDF here