
Your new bin is on its way
Look out for your new blue-lidded bin for recycling cardboard and paper - ready for the new bin collection service starting from 4 August.
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News
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Following our Annual Council meeting last night (22 May), our Chair for 2025/26 is Cllr Keith Hoskins. The Vice-Chair is Cllr Sadie Billing.
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North Herts Council has approved a major investment in the future of its leisure centres, awarding a £15.89 million construction contract to Herts-based Willmott Dixon Construction Ltd to deliver one of the largest leisure centre decarbonisation projects in the UK.
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North Herts Council has published its five Development Principles which will guide the regeneration of the Churchgate Regeneration Zone in Hitchin town centre.
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