East Herts Council has begun updating the District Plan, setting out where new housing should be built. The revision of construction targets comes against a backdrop of Labour Government plans to build an extra 1.5 million homes over the next five years. Cllr Nick Cox, the Green Party’s candidate for Hertford and Stortford in July’s General Election and a member of East Herts Council, believes there is a way to beat the affordability crisis, protect the Green Belt and build the properties people need. Two narratives dominate discussions about the housing market. The first is that house prices …
