A gentle reminder about your bin collection week commencing 14 April 2025
Gardeners across Three Rivers will no longer need to display stickers on their brown bins to have garden waste collected after an improved collection scheme is launched.
A change to how the council identifies registered users of the popular service is coming this spring, which is designed to improve the efficiency of the subscription process for residents.
From 15 March, residents who sign up for the service will no longer need to display a sticker on their bin. Instead, new technology within the collection vehicles will allow the council to identify which bins should be collected, and which have not paid for the service. Residents do not need to do anything if they have already signed up.
Watch the video below to learn more:
An increase in noisy works has been noticed around Oxhey Hall over the past 12 months, with contractors involved in refurbishing and extending houses on the estate. This is contributing to disturbance for residents at all sorts of hours.
So, are there any rules that should be being followed and do you have any rights to get the noise reduced?
Householders’ responsibilities
If you are employing anyone to carry out building works that will involve noisy works – which may include the installation of scaffolding – you need to ensure that any noise only takes place when it is allowed to.
The Control of Pollution Act 1974 gives the Council powers to control noise and vibration from construction sites and other works.
So, according to the Council’s Residential Environmental Health Department, when is noise allowed?
Noisy work should only take place on:
- Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm
- Saturdays between 8am and 1pm, and on
- Sundays or public/Bank Holidays no noisy works should take place at all.
So if you are having work done in your home, please be considerate and mindful of the times above.
Op Sceptre is a week of intensified work around knife crime and is a national initiative supported and co-ordinated by the National Police Chief’s Council (NPCC).
Sceptre complements existing work carried out by Hertfordshire Constabulary around knife crime throughout the year and is an opportunity to focus in on efforts to tackle knife crime at several levels – from engaging with young people in schools to proactive patrols, amnesty bins and knife sweeps.
We have created a short survey for you to tell us how you feel about knife crime, how it affects you and what Herts Police can do to make you feel safer in your local area.
Please click on the link below to complete the survey
You may or may not have heard of the Government’s Planning Policy Consultation for the closing date for responses is 24th September 2024. You will find attached a suggested short response which you might like to send to the Consultation, returning it to the above email address.
As you may remember we have been working with the Three Rivers Joint Residents Association (TRJRA) for some time on the TRDG local plan which is due for finalisation. This consultation changes some of the bases for that plan and after considerable work by key members of TRJRA, this response is considered to cover the most significant points. This will also be available on our website as will a very much longer version covering many more points which you may like to consider.
We are very aware that people opinions will vary widely and any response is entirely up to you individually, but if you can we urge you to respond and you can use the attached document edited as you wish to do that. It will of course be coming from you when you send it.
We would also request that if you have neighbours or friends who would be motivated to do something, then please share this with them.
We’ll also be sharing through some local WhatsApp groups.
Please see attachments for full details.
Suggested short response: OHRA Note to Residents on NPPF Consultation Summer 2024 v2
OHRA’s full response to consultation: NPPF July 2024 Consultation Response
How to send response?
Responses can be sent via email to:
or online via this link:
https://consult.communities.gov.uk/planning/planning-reform/
Consultation Closing date:
24 September 2024 | 11:45pm
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Sunday 22 September 2024 | Merchant Taylor’s School
The popular charity Moor Park 10k & Fun Run is back on Sunday, 22 September at Merchant Taylors’ School.
Last year over 1100 people of all ages and abilities took part and raised over £60,000 for the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Charity, we want to make this year even bigger!
Junior run – 11:45am | Entry – £12
5K run – 2:30pm | Entry – £15
10K walk – 3:00pm | Entry – £20
The Moor Park 10k has been held every year since 2002 and is one of the major fundraising events in the charity’s calendar. We are encouraging supporters to take part and fundraise for this flagship event. All money raised will help fund items above and beyond the remit of the NHS to support patients and their families at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre.
For more event information and to sign-up visit www.enhhcharity.org.uk/moorpark24
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WhatsApp group chat members are being warned they could be targeted by criminals, as Action Fraud reveals it has received 636 reports from victims of the messaging app this year.
The fraud often begins when a member of the group receives a WhatsApp audio call from the fraudster, pretending or claiming to be another member of the group. This is done to gain the individual’s trust, and often the scammer will use a false profile picture and/or display name, so at first glance it would appear to be a genuine member of the group.
The fraudster will tell the victim they are sending them a one-time passcode which will allow them to join an upcoming video call for group members. The criminal then asks the victim to share this passcode with them so they can be “registered” for the video call.
In reality, the criminal is asking for a registration code to register the victim’s WhatsApp account to a new device so they can take over their account.
Once the fraudster has access to the victim’s WhatsApp account, they will enable two-step verification which makes it impossible for the victim to regain access their account. Other members of the group, or friends and family in the victim’s contacts, will then be messaged asking them to transfer money urgently as they are in desperate need of help.
How to secure your WhatsApp account:
- Set up two-step verification (2SV)to give an extra layer of protection to your account. Tap Settings > Account > Two-step verification > Enable.
- CALL.If a family member or friend makes an unusual request on WhatsApp, always call the person outside of WhatsApp to confirm their identity.
- Report spam messages or block a sender within WhatsApp.Press and hold on the message bubble, select ‘Report’ and then follow the instructions.
*This article is from Action Fraud.