St Albans & Harpenden Review | Rail Freight News

St Albans District Council railfreight bill tops £1 million

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:05:02 +0100

THE cost of defeating the railfreight project for St Albans District Council has been well over £1 million so far, even before it coughs up its share of the developer's expenses.

St Albans District Council could face huge railfreight bill

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:31:19 +0100

THE railfreight campaign may have ended in victory for local people, but the district council could still have to pay a massive costs bill to would-be developer Helioslough.

Railfreight company's pause for thought

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:28:38 +0100

HELIOSLOUGH will not be rushed into any decisions after the defeat of its plans to build a huge goods yard outside Park Street, its boss Simon Hoare has told the Review.

Slim margin of railfreight victory

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:39:08 +0100

THE railfreight project was defeated by a solitary paragraph in an obscure planning document governing an area many miles from St Albans.

St Albans MP: "Railfreight rejection the right decision"

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:07:03 +0100

Delight at the defeat of the railfreight project is spreading across party political boundaries.

Joy unconfined after St Albans railfreight victory

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:44:40 +0100

CAMPAIGNERS are overjoyed that their hard-fought battle to stop a huge goods yard on the former Handley Page airfield has ended in victory.

MP welcomes railfreight decision as 'victory for common sense'

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 12:41:14 +0100

Hertsmere MP James Clappison has welcomed the Government’s decision to scrap a proposed railfreight terminal near Radlett.

Minister steps in to save St Albans Green Belt

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 11:44:06 +0100

CAMPAIGNERS have won their fight against the plan to build a massive railfreight depot on a former airfield between London Colney and Park Street.

Railfreight terminal refused

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:55:14 +0100

THE Secretary of State has refused plans for a controversial railfreight terminal between London Colney and Park Street.

Helioslough: "Council ignored the first inspector"

Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:00:23 +0000

THE council was so desperate to refuse the railfreight project it did not properly consider Helioslough's planning application, the company's barrister has claimed.