Published:
4:35 PM May 9, 2021
The ballots for Royston Town Council by-election were counted on the Sunday following Thursday, May 6 election
- Credit: Royston Town Council
Liberal Democrat candidate Elizabeth Beardwell has secured a seat on Royston Town Council following the May 6 by-election.
The by-election was being held to decide a representative for one Royston Meridian ward seat.
The full results are as follows:
Elizabeth Beardwell, Liberal Democrats - 803 votes- elected
Luke Haugh, Independent - 604 votes
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Vaughan West, Labour - 255 votes
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The Barkway Road site at the edge of Royston
- Credit: Google Maps/ Barkway Road Royston
The deadline to have your say on the application to build nearly 300 homes on land on the south eastern edge of Royston has been extended.
The plans for the Barkway Road, Royston development - put forward by agent Claremont Planning Consultancy Ltd on behalf of Southern & Regional Developments, and promoter Landhold Capital - are for 280 homes, including 112 deemed affordable housing .
The site is approximately 18.47 hectares on the south-eastern edge of Royston - bound by residential properties to the north Barkway Road to the east, Flint Hall farm and access lane to the south, and agricultural land to the west.
Hertfordshire property: Controversial plans for residential development in Royston rejected after 453 objections
It was a unanimous decision to turn down the development after numerous concerns were raised
General view of Briary Lane (Image: Google Maps)
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Controversial plans for a residential development on a piece of Herts farmland have been rejected by councillors.