Plans to auction a Bishop’s Stortford shopping parade to help fill a black hole in East Herts Council’s budget have been paused. The block, known to locals as Havers Parade, is one of six properties East Herts Council needs to sell to raise around £6m to balance its books – including an overspend on the new £30m Hertford theatre BEAM. At a meeting of the cabinet on Tuesday night (October 1) executive member for financial sustainability, Cllr Carl Brittain, said the pause was to allow “a little more discussion” about the best way to sell the property, which has several tenants. The auction of S…