Urgent Fundraising!
Urgent Fundraising!
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We are at the stage in the campaign where we need to pay for independent specialist reports for both developments – firstly Highways, and next will be Ecology and Flood Risk. Initially we are looking at raising £5000.
No matter how small, we appreciate every single donation that is made, and all funds raised will go directly towards these reports. It's the efforts of individuals and contributions of many, that will make a difference!
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Campaign Status
Campaign Status
Decision Time? - we have heard that the committee meeting date may be Tuesday 23rd February, when Shottfield will be discussed and voted on. We need as many people as possible to attend and show their support - we will update this page once the date is confirmed.
Website Updates - while we're waiting for the applications to reach the planning committee for decisions, we've updated the lists of relevant news reports, organisations, campaigns, and council / government information. With recent rain, we've also updated the flooding page. Please have a browse or search and see what nuggets you can find!
Shottfield Close planning application is on the Council's planning portal
You can still send your objections. You may email your objection to planningcomments@stalbans.gov.uk with reference 5/2025/1556 and make it clear that you object, and remember to include your name and address. The direct link to the planning portal is here if your prefer.
Our Save Our Sandridge response has now been published on the planning portal, you can read it here.
Our MP Victoria Collins visited Sandridge on 14th November to see our green fields under threat and walked to the junction of Langley Grove and Woodcock Hill just at school pick up, to witness the parking issues. As the weather was so bad she was able to experience first hand how flooded House Lane and Woodcock Hill were. She shared with us the letter she wrote to Steve Reed urging grey belt definition update for villages.
SADC Councillor Sharon Hollingsworth has already called-in the Shottfield application to ensure it's debated at Planning Committee (if the Council's planning officers don't simply refuse it). You can see her document here.
CPRE objection received by SADC. You can read it here.
British Horse Society sent a solid objection. You can read it here.
If you are able to help us with a small contribution towards our costs, then please look at our fundraising page. Thank you!
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Green Man: you can still object while we're awaiting the Planning Committee date. Email your objections to planningcomments@stalbans.gov.uk with reference 5/2025/1218 and make it clear that you object, and remember to include your name and address. The direct link to the planning portal is here if you prefer.
We have complained that the CGI visualisations of the proposed development and incomplete and misleading. You can see a copy of the visualisation here, and our complaint here.
There are other recent documents still to analyse.
These plans have attracted objections from organisations like CPRE, Sandridge Parish Council, British Horse Society, Sport England, Ramblers Association, Salvation Army, and us - the SOS Campaign Group (we recently submitted an updated objection letter with photo evidence)
you can read all these on our documents page.
there's still time to add your comments to the Council's planning portal or email them to planningcomments@stalbans.gov.uk with reference 5/2025/1218 and make it clear that you object, and remember to include your name and address.
Woollam Park - this outline planning application for 1,000 homes on the fields between Harpenden Road and the railway line will have a big impact on Sandridge - not just the extra road traffic, but also because they intend to close Sandridgebury Lane, forcing Sandridge residents who need to access North St Albans (eg STAGS and Townsend schools) to negotiate the two extremely busy junctions at the King William and Ancient Briton. There is still time to comment on the planning portal 5/2024/2271 - the plans are so vast that the Council made a separate website for all the plan documents here. We have now submitted an objection on behalf of Save Our Sandridge (SOS) - you can read it here.
Publicity - We walked around both Sandridge sites with Matt Adams, the editor of the highly respected St Albans Times newspaper, and his in-depth article was published on 9th October 2025. You can read it as a website page here, or as part of the newspaper.
Alternatives to Development - We've added links to three organisations which ALL explain how to tackle the housing crisis WITHOUT destroying green fields!
Archaeology - We've added a section about the Sandridge Gold Hoard which was discovered in 2012. It illustrates how this is an important area to preserve and protect, not to build upon!
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The developers claim the sites are all "grey belt"; Sir Kier Starmer recently provided absolute clarity on what that means 🤣
2025-10-22 pmq grey belt.mp4Say NO to 133 houses on our GREEN belt
Say NO to 133 houses on our GREEN belt
Click the above image to see more about these and other developments proposed for the green belt around Sandridge
“Green Belt is often portrayed as unattractive ‘scrub land’, an argument used to say it is worthless and should be developed. But national planning policy states: ‘Once Green Belts have been defined; local planning authorities should plan positively to enhance their beneficial use.’ And Green Belt is increasingly needed to plant forests, help manage rainfall, moderate the urban heat island effect, provide habitat to address species decline, grow food locally to cities, and provide space for recreation.
Talking about building on Green Belt as a means to solving the housing crisis is a red herring, a distraction.” (CPRE, February 2025)
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