Friday email
Taylor Wimpey is back at Homefield. The parish minutes are the public record. Plus the diary with named venues and real times.
The same list goes out on Friday morning. Berkhamsted and Tring are not subsections of Hemel. Bovingdon is not a Hemel suburb with a market attached.
Planning
The developer presented land off Homefield to Bovingdon’s planning committee in June. Grange Farm is already discharging conditions on Green Lane. This serial will be filed from the register, not from other papers.
28 August 2026
Sport
Two away wins, a home defeat, seven points from four. Hemel Hempstead Town are a National League South story this paper will keep, not a Premier League widget.
28 August 2026
Health
The practice has been telling patients for months that the rutted ground behind Gatecroft is Dacorum’s, not an official park. Ward members pledged CIL to rebuild it. The council newsroom has not yet posted a start notice.
28 August 2026
Politics
Whitehall has confirmed four unitary authorities for Hertfordshire. From April 2028, Dacorum and St Albans will share a single council: with shadow elections in May 2027.
16 July 2026
Local News
Berkhamsted and Tring still command Chiltern prices. Hemel remains the volume market. The next shock is Hemel Garden Communities.
22 August 2026
Local News
A Norman church, a sloping High Street and a Sunday market: the original Hemel never left. It just got a dual carriageway for a neighbour.
20 August 2026
Serial
Homefield, Grange Farm and every major application that changes the village. Filed from the parish record and the borough register.
Serial
Hemel Garden Communities, the local plan, and the designation that lets some majors skip The Forum.
Serial
From the July 2026 decision through Hemel’s parish review and shadow elections to vesting day on 1 April 2028.
Serial
Hemel Hempstead Town, named: results, crowds, kick-offs. Not a Premier League widget.