May News

Visitors to St Albans can now refill their water bottles with tap water for free at a growing network of friendly cafes, shops, hotels and businesses.

St Albans City and District Council has written to local businesses inviting them to join Refill St Albans. The local scheme forms part of the national Refill campaign aimed at addressing the impact of single-use plastic bottles on the environment. If businesses have a water cooler, a drinking water tap or a water jug, then they are eligible to take part in the scheme.

Businesses that want to offer free tap water can register their location on the 'Refill App' . This app is available to download to a smart phone by people looking for somewhere to refill their water bottle at: https://www.refill.org.uk/get-the-refill-app/

St Albans Council has approved a recommendation to create an additional 30 more school places at St Peter's Primary School in St Albans. This will include additional classroom accommodation to support the increased number of pupils.

The places are being created in response to local demand in the area and it is intended that they would be available from September 2020. This will mean the school will have the capacity to admit 60 reception aged children growing to a full two form entry thereafter.

A consultation which took place from January - March to collect the views of local people and the response showed a good level of support for the expansion. A statutory notice will be issued and the notice period will run from 4 May until 7 June, 2018. A final decision will be made by Cabinet in July should there be any objections.

The latest proposals come on top of the over £250m already approved since 2010 to provide over 19,000 additional permanent and tempo

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