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After a successful first run on 4th March with a dozen or so residents turning up, Charlie and Simon are coming back on 20th May 2023. They'll be available at the Grovehill Community Centre between 2:00 and 4:00.
Anything that you think they can help you with, just drop in and have a chat.
The café will be open and the coffee is awesome!
Yes, it's that time again. Four years seems to have flown by. This time around however, things are going to be slightly different.
To help prevent fraud and protect our democracy, the 2023 local government elections, will be introducing the new voter identification scheme. To participate in the up ‘n’ coming May elections, voters are going to need approved ID.
It’s not as complicated as it might first sound and there’s a whole load of stuff that can be used to prove who you are! Here’s an official list of acceptable photographic ID:
* There are two options to get hold of a Voter Authority Certificate or a Temporary Voter Authority Certificate. With Internet access, https://www.dacorum.gov.uk is the place to go and just do a search for ‘voter identification’. You’ll easily be able to apply on-line. Alternatively, just drop into The Forum in town and ask about applying for voter ID at reception
Applications for a Voter Authority Certificate or a Temporary Voter Authority Certificate must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on 25th April 2023.
For many, postal votes are convenient and in some cases, quite necessary. If you would like to apply for a postal vote, please start here.
We've previously mentioned that the recycling area in Henry Wells Square has long done its job and has kind of past its sell-by date. Over recent years, it's become a go-to point for fly-tippers and apart from the cost to DBC, the once useful and much appreciated site, has brought down the Shopping square which is at the heart of the ward.
Julie, Goverdhan and Alex promised to look into repurposing the area and many residents will have notice that several weeks ago, the old bring site was removed.
Well, HAPPY NEW YEAR, Henry Wells Square! 🙂
Below is a reminder of how things ended up with the old recycling area.
12th December 2022, the day after the first snow fall and Grovehill councillors, Julie Banks and Alexander Bhinder decided to lay down grit in Putters Croft. Several vehicles had got stuck on the steep slope down to Wootton Drive and many drivers simply weren’t prepared to risk the run up the short road. Alex says that it didn’t take long to apply the grit and he’s delighted to report that the difference was phenomenal.
After a couple of years of COVID and lock-downs, Julie, Goverdhan and Alex are getting out reconnecting with the community and reminding people that they’ve been busy despite the recent problems.
Last weekend (12th and 13th November 2022) and the weekend before, the trio were catching up with residents in Marlborough Rise and Hunting Gate. Here are a few issues that regularly came up:
Julie, Goverdhan and Alex also distributed the latest Grovehill In Touch edition but if they missed you for whatever reason, you can download it here
It’s obvious that there are those who completely ignore enforcement signs and demonstrate utter disregard for their community. Hence, your Grovehill councillors are hatching a plan to get DBC enforcement officers up to Grovehill on a regular basis, the idea being that they randomly target specific ‘hot-spots’. This measure will hopefully address a couple of the issues above.
While chatting with residents, Julie, Goverdhan and Alex came up with an idea that would make drop-off and collection of pupils easier and that would keep Hunting Gate clear. This will have to be discussed with Dacorum Borough Council, the school and Hertfordshire County Council. We'll keep you posted.
We all love trees but, in some areas, they’re becoming a bit of problem. Let’s see if we can do something about them.
We don’t mind arranging for DBC officers to talk to people whose gardens have trees that are overgrowing and obstructing the public footpath.
We believe that the broken fence in Sarum Place is a county matter. Either way, we’ll check it out and either get DBC or HCC (Colette) to have a look.
With regards the smell of cannabis, Julie, Goverdhan and Alex will be talking with police. The matter will also be raised with DBC Housing Enforcement.
While in principle, Julie, Goverdhan and Alex have never been in favour of the proposed LA-1 development, they accept that the pressure to deliver more homes means that it will happen. As such, they want the best possible outcome for Grovehill and Piccotts End with the minimum number of dwellings. They do NOT support the inclusion of five gypsy / traveller pitches.
As reported in the Dacorum-wide In Touch that went out to residents by post in the summer however, much development in the borough remains on hold. That In Touch edition is available here.
And let's see if we can do something about this dodgy looking lamp post in Thatcher's Croft! 🙁
9th November 2021, we reported on the state of some very tired Grovehill road name signs. Well, Last week, some of them got fixed! YAY!!!! 🙂
These guys have been messing around on a motorbike for a couple of weeks now and have been seen riding the bike pictured, without helmets, on Wootton Drive and The Waveny. If you know who these people are, please contact the police on 101.
So in the right that they need to try to hide their identity. Stupid as well as annoying! 🙄
Several years ago and following requests from residents, Hertfordshire County Council put in double yellow lines at the junction of St. Agnells Lane and Putters Croft to help with visibility when leaving or coming into Putters Croft. Consistently however, vehicles are seen parked on the restrictions. These vehicles are now being photographed and reported. Below are a few examples…
Please let us know if you see an infringement of parking restrictions.
UPDATE - 13th September 2022
At about 4:00 in this afternoon, it was brought to our attention, that the owner of the white van pictured above, had been issued with a fixed penalty notice. Hopefully this will act as a deterrent to others.
UPDATE - 3rd December 2022
This comes up more times than any of us would like. In fact many years ago, at the point of taking Tesco Express to court, Tesco Express officials, DBC legal team and Alex accompanied by Sir Mike Penning MP, met at the back of the store and Tesco Express made a promise ensuring that things would be kept clean and tidy. That promise was kept for a long time but in recent years, things have gone back to how they used to be.
SHAME ON YOU, TESCO EXPRESS!
The fact that the whole lot was once set on fire (yes, you read correctly) a few years ago, either hasn't been passed on to subsequent management or Tesco Express don't give two hoots about things like that.
We've been told that Tesco Express simply don't have the room inside the building, to store stuff anymore. Well, that shouldn't be our problem and secondly, if the community accepts this 'excuse', then what's that got to do with keeping the back of the store tidy?!?!?!?
The picture above was taken on Saturday 27th August 2022 as a meeting of the Grovehill Neighbourhood Association was about to start at the Grovehill Community Centre. Alex took the picture and couldn't help but asking to see the duty manager who, in all fairness, did clean up the white stuff all over the ground. Unfortunately, he left the rest of the rubbish! 😡
Many Grovehill residents including Julie, Alex and Goverdhan, pick litter regularly around the ward. It's very disheartening that an organisation like Tesco Express demonstrates complete and utter disregard for our commitment to where we live.