Therfield Heath
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A proposal to deregister part of the common land along the A505 Baldock Road and exchange it with land west of Pen Hills has been approved.
Since then, the heath has been 8500m² smaller than it should have been.
The application was to deregister a section of Therfield Health land (in green) and register the blue area as common land. Picture: HCC
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The discovery happened when members of the action group opposing the previous land swap application did their research at Hertfordshire Archives.
While checking documents, Royston residents Karen Pearson and Don Shewan uncovered information about the compulsory purchase of a small section of the common for a new dual carriageway on the A505.
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4:30 PM December 8, 2020
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6:31 AM December 10, 2020
The application is to deregister a section of Therfield Health land (in green) and register the blue area as common land. Picture: HCC
- Credit: Archant
Another land swap application has been made involving Therfield Heath – to “correct an oversight that occurred 44 years ago”.
The application to Hertfordshire County Council is to deregister part of the land at the A505 Baldock Road – north of Thrift Farm – and exchange it with land west of Pen Hills.
It was made by Clive Hall – who was elected to the Conservators of Therfield Heath and Greens after the previous land swap inquiry. Mr Hall explained the application is to “include as part of Therfield Heath land exchanged in 1976 when the A505 was made a dual carriageway. As it stands the heath is 8500m² smaller than it should be as the exchange was not recorded in the commons register for CL92 – Therfield Heath.”