Overview
- Dacorum Borough Council, which obtained an emergency injunction Sunday, says it must wait for a court hearing before taking further enforcement action.
- The field off Friendless Lane now hosts more than a dozen caravans and several static homes, with fresh photos Wednesday showing work still underway on the hardstanding.
- Hertfordshire Constabulary says it is keeping a visible presence to prevent disorder and is investigating reports of criminal damage, traffic offences, and threats, though it has no power to stop access or civil works.
- Hardcore was laid over the Easter bank holiday after lorries and diggers entered Thursday, following Saturday’s temporary stop notice that ordered all works to cease.
- A separate Easter operation in Sundridge, Kent, brought about 30 lorries to dump rubble and create hardstanding, with police issuing two traffic offence reports, making one short arrest, and clearing the road later that day as local politicians renewed calls to tighten planning law.