AGM minutes

Last month’s AGM covered a wide range of topics, from plans for a series of plaques marking notable buildings in the village to a likely date in May for the start of a Government planning inspector’s hearing on the proposed development of Marchmont Fields. Full minutes of the 2016 PERA agm can be viewed here.

Village faces 6 months of road closures

Piccotts End Road, which runs through the centre of the village, will be closed from the start of April for roadworks which will last for up to 6 months. The surprise move was announced by Herts County Council in the Gazette this week. Residents will still be able to access their homes but the road…

Village mourns passing of two residents

It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of two of Piccotts End’s best-known residents. Michael Tate, who lived at 121 Piccotts End, and Beryl Wyatt, who lived at Mill Close, had resided in the village for more than 20 years. Beryl was 94 and Michael 78. Talking about her late husband’s…

Residents win final round of planning battle

Residents who opposed plans to erect a house at the rear of the Medieval Cottages have won what they hope is the decisive battle. Led by Professor Tim Blinko they heard the good news this month that an appeal against an earlier decision to reject plans for a 4-bedroom house at the rear of the…

Lane planning fears allayed

Fears that a planning application would open Piccotts End Lane to through traffic have laid to rest. Yvonne Metcalfe, who lives at Amethyst Cottage (No 42) was alarmed to receive a letter from Herts County Council about an application to allow the lane to become a ‘Byway Open to All Traffic.’ She wrote to us…

Twelfth Night Natter

Residents came out for one last festive fling at the Marchmont Arms on Twelfth Night. Social secretary Annette Harrison (pictured here on the right of the gathering) welcomed many faces old and new, including Ruud and Julie (2nd and 3rd right) from Holland who are celebrating their first year in the village and Liz who…

Doctor departs

One of Piccotts End’s most familiar faces has left the village. Dr Keith Hodge, known to many through his Fernville surgery, moved out this autumn. He and his wife Gill have relocated to Bath although Dr Hodge will continue to work as head of the practice during the week.