South Mimms Parish Council has secured funding for two speed data points to be set up by Hertfordshire Highways. These will monitor speeding traffic, over a seven day period, at two of the main entry / exit points in the village. Once the data has been obtain and analysis has taken place, we hope that the evidence will mean further measures to reduce speeding can be introduced.
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South Mimms Castle
As many of you may know, South Mimms contains the remains of a Norman motte and bailey castle. Historic England’s listing on the castle states ” South Mimms motte and bailey castle is situated on an east-facing slope overlooking the Mimmshall Brook, about 1.25km north-west of South Mimms village. It includes a motte, c.9m in height and 35m in diameter at the base, in the north-west corner of a kidney-shaped bailey which measures 125m north-south by 110m east-west and is surrounded by a bank and ditch. The entrance to the inner bailey was on the south-west side where there is now a causeway across a ditch and a break in the rampart. There are traces of an outer bailey to the south. The castle is thought to have been built by Geoffrey de Mandeville in 1141 with a licence from Matilda and was probably destroyed in 1143. Excavations carried out by J Kent in 1961-5 revealed that a timbered tower had been built on the ground with an entrance on the south and that the motte had then been constructed around the tower with spoil from the defensive ditches. Pottery from the 13th and 14th centuries was uncovered during the excavation and suggests that occupation of the site continued after the destruction of the castle.”
Following a dig at the site some years ago, London & Middlesex Archaeological Society published a paper on the castle, which included a fantastic painting by the artist Faith Vardy, which is reproduced under copy -write with the Society’s kind permission.
Wash Lane Common Re-Launch
We have a new Parish Clerk
We are delighted to announce that Natalie Gettings will be the new Parish Clerk at South Mimms with an immediate start.
Welcome Natalie!
Hertsmere Local Plan
Many local residents are concerned about the Borough Council’s Local Plan
Check to see what the Local Plan is and how it might affect you here in South Mimms – Hertsmere’s main Local Plan page
Register for future notifications from Hertsmere using the key icon at the top of their consultation portal
While the Local Plan seeks to identify sites across Hertsmere for future housing and employment opportunites, please bear in mind that at present there is no agreement nor a definite proposal for mass development in or near South Mimms. It is however true that three sites, primarily to the west/north west of the village, have been submitted to Hertsmere Borough Council by landowners and developers for consideration for housing/employment under the Local Plan procedure. There are also a more widely dispersed number of other sites, some quite sizeable, included in the potential sites document. You can see the sites under consideration here – South Mimms is covered in section 9 from page 137.
Not all sites submitted will need to be allocated and in the current phase Hertsmere are looking at which are the most appropriate locations across the whole Borough that could be developed. Hertsmere should publish their draft Local Plan proposals in 2020 but no more specific date has been set yet.
The Parish Council is taking a keen interest in all stages of the Local Plan and will represent the views of the local residents at every consultation opportunity