Green Man: you can still object while we're awaiting the Planning Committee date. 

• • 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 Deveopment - We've added links to three organisations which ALL explain how to tackle the housing crisis WITHOUT destroying green fields!

The developers claim the sites are all "grey belt"; Sir Kier Starmer recently provided absolute clarity on what that means 🤣

Say NO to 133 houses on our GREEN belt

“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)