BARKWAY & NUTHAMPSTEAD NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN AREA

Referendum on the adoption of the Barkway and Nuthampstead Neighbourhood Plan

1. A referendum will be held on Thursday 1 May 2025 to decide on the question below:
‘Do you want North Hertfordshire District Council to use the Neighbourhood Plan for
Barkway and Nuthampstead to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood
area?
2, Applications to register to vote must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 12 midnight
on Friday 11 April 2025.
Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
3. Applications, amendments or cancellations of postal votes must reach the Electoral
Registration Officer at North Hertfordshire District Council, Council Offices, Gernon Road,
Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3JF by 5pm on Monday 14 April 2025.
Applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-postal-vote
4. Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or an Anonymous Elector’s Document valid for
this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer by 5pm on Wednesday 23 April
2025. Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate can be made online:
https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-photo-id-voter-authority-certificate.
5. Applications to vote by proxy at this election must reach the Electoral Registration Officer at
North Hertfordshire District Council, Council Offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth Garden
City, SG6 3JF by 5pm on Wednesday 23 April 2025.
Some applications can be made online: https://www.gov.uk/apply-proxy-vote
7. Applications to vote by emergency proxy at this election must reach the Electoral
Registration Officer at the North Hertfordshire District Council, Council Offices, Gernon
Road, Letchworth Garden City, SG6 3JF by 5pm on Thursday 01 May 2025.

For more information, please go to

https://www.north-herts.gov.uk/barkway-and-nuthampstead-neighbourhood-plan

The Tally Ho Public House has now been re-registered as an Asset of Community Value with North Herts Council effective from 5^th March 2025 for a period of 5 years.

NOTICE is given that Hertfordshire County Council intends to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, to prohibit all vehicular traffic from using that length of B1368 High Street, Barkway from its junction with Ash Mill southwards to its junction with Gas Lane, a distance of approximately 108m (“the Road”), except for access.

An alternative route will be via B1368 (High Street/Cambridge Road/London Road/High Street), B1039 (Royston Road/Barkway Road), A10 (Barkway Street/London Road/Ermine Street/unnamed road/Buntingford Bypass), B1038 (Baldock Road/High Street/Hare Street Road/unnamed road) and B1368 (unnamed road/Biggin Hill/London Road) or B1368 (High Street/London Road/Cambridge Road/High Street/London Road/Biggin Hill/unnamed road), B1038 (unnamed road/Hare Street Road/High Street/Baldock Road), A10 (Buntingford Bypass/unnamed road/Ermine Street/London Road/Market Hill/Priory Lane), B1039 Barkway Street/Royston Road) and B1368 (High Street/London Road/ Cambridge Road/High Street).

The Order is needed because utility service works are proposed to be executed on or near the Road.

If the Order is made, it shall come into force on 29 January 2025 for a period of up to 18 months. However, the restrictions specified shall only take effect at the times indicated by signs on or near the Road.

A copy of the proposed Order may be inspected free of charge at County Hall, Hertford between the hours of 9.00am and 5.00pm (excluding weekends, bank and public holidays).

If you have any queries about the proposed Order, please contact Eileen O’Riordan tel. 0345 357 2407 at Affinity Water or Shannen Powers tel. 0300 123 4047 at Hertfordshire County Council.

Please see attached documents for details.

BARKWAY PARISH COUNCIL
Invites you to a
Site BK3 Reserved Matters
Planning Application
Drop-In Session
Being held in the Community Room
Barkway Recreation Ground Pavilion
On SATURDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 2024
12 noon to 3pm
The Redrow proposed plans will all be on display.
Parish Councillors will be on hand to try and answer any questions.
A leaflet will be available to take away to assist residents respond to the recent consultations received from North Herts Council regarding this development.

See the Attachments below for the documents associated with this proposed development.