Barkway
Across North Hertfordshire, the government wants to build 1,036 homes a year. At that rate, sustained for thirty years, that is 31,080 homes - +51% on existing stock in North Hertfordshire.
Spread across the 23 settlements in our North Hertfordshire list, that is an average of 45 homes a year per settlement - about 1,351 over thirty years.
When homes arrive here, they almost always arrive as a bolt-on: a field at a time, each application too small to trigger the reservoir, the substation, the surgery or the station. That is the pattern we are against — not homes themselves.
What we've got now
- Near Barkway in 2025, there were 93 hours of sewage spills, at BARKWAY WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS. Sewage →
- About 2,255 patients per GP in North Hertfordshire. GPs →
- 0 MW still waiting to connect at Rye House. Energy →
- Nearest A&E: Lister Hospital, about 26 minutes away. Hospitals →
- Local A-roads in Hertfordshire: 33.6 seconds delay per mile, worst on the A4178. Transport →
Now they want another 31,080 homes across North Hertfordshire.
It's clear that even our current infrastructure is struggling. Sign the petition to stop the urban sprawl around Barkway.
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