Cllr Tom Tyson

15/06/2026

Come along and take part! We'll be hearing about the first stages of the new Local Plan and getting the latest updates from U&C about their outline application.

29/04/2026

HERTFORDSHIRE'S SEND IMPROVEMENT NOTICE HAS BEEN LIFTED

Within one year of the Lib Dem team taking control of Hertfordshire County Council, the government has announced that the SEND Improvement Notice has been lifted.

When the Lib Dem team took control last year, improving SEND services was one of their top priorities.

This is welcome recognition by the government that Hertfordshire has made a lot of progress.

The Lib Dems will keep campaigning for the government to fix the broken funding formula which penalises Hertfordshire and to fix the SEND system for the long term.

24/04/2026

Join us tomorrow, Saturday 25 April for the Community Surgery. It's a fantastic opportunity to discuss any matters of interest or concern with your Councillors. See you there!😃
📆Saturday 25 April
🕗10:30am to 12pm
📍Tesco High Street, Baldock

24/04/2026

My council motion to protect our chalk streams in the face of imminent large-scale housing development passed unanimously last night. The full motion can be viewed on the NHC website and as always the meeting is available to watch on YouTube.

Here is a summary in the form of a press release:

North Herts Council passed a motion on Thursday 23 April aimed at protecting the district’s precious chalk streams. Cllr Tom Tyson (LD) presented the motion, which was seconded by Cllr Louise Peace (LD).

The motion notes the passage of a bill being brought through parliament by Liberal Democrat MP in neighbouring South Cambridgeshire, Pippa Heylings, which aims at giving the UK’s chalk streams protected status as a UNESCO Natural World Heritage Site.

The motion also focused on a local level at the opportunity for the Council to act in its capacity as planning authority to ensure protections are written into the new Local Plan, which is currently being developed. The Council must do “everything possible to protect its unique chalk streams and the irreplaceable habitats associated with them” the motion states.

In moving the motion, Cllr Tyson hoped that it would allow the Council to demand from planning applicants “a full commitment to the cause” and that developments should feature the highest levels of water efficiency, maximum safeguards against pollution and best-in-class sustainable drainage systems as a matter of course.

Referring to high levels of ground water abstraction to supply homes, he went on to say: “We must protect the integrity of our aquifer wherever we are exploiting it as a resource, until such time as the water companies get their act together and start putting into place the infrastructure required to supply us from a less ecologically fragile source.”

Seconding the motion, Cllr Peace spoke of the harms suffered by chalk streams in her area due to sewage spills and housing development. She spoke of the obligation North Herts Council has to protect them and referred to the Council’s declaration of an ecological emergency in 2023.

The motion was passed unanimously, with one abstention.

07/04/2026