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image captionVoting took place across Hertfordshire on Thursday, including for the county council at Tyttenhanger Green in St Albans
Labour has maintained control of Stevenage Borough Council, but the Conservatives gained power at Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council.
Labour held on in Stevenage despite losing six seats, five of them to the Conservatives.
At Welwyn Hatfield, the Tories won four seats from Labour and one from the Lib Dems to capture the authority.
St Albans Council is no longer in no overall control after a win by the Liberal Democrats.
The Tories kept control of Herts County Council, but their leader lost his seat to the Lib Dems.
Eight applicants seek premises licences to hold festivals in St Albans
Many residents objected the application
Photo of a festival crowd (Image: pxhere.com)
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Hertfordshire councillors have had to consider eight different applications in order to licence a site to hold festivals in St Albans.
Planning permission has been given to a landmark £60 million development in a prime city centre site. St Albans City and District Council is developing the area near the Alban Arena, on the site of the city’s former police station and an NHS clinic. Three designs drawn up by architect firms were put before residents in a major public consultation last year. The most popular concept, which included a stunning commercial building adjacent to a housing block, was then chosen. Detailed plans for the design went before the council’s Planning Referrals Committee last month with permission for the work being granted.