# STEVENAGE The unique digital magazine for Stevenage promoted by social media
November 2018
Pupils or pr of it ? Cou n t y Cou n cil f u n ded pr oper t y com pan y r ef u sin g t o u se f or m er Lon sdale sit e f or plan n ed n ew sch ool
Resident s have expressed anger aft er it has emerged t hat a development company part -owned by Hert s Count y Council (HCC) would profit from a former educat ional sit e being used for housing - despit e calls for a new school t o be built in t he t own. The company Hert s Living, which was formed earlier t his year, is a ÂŁ2bn joint vent ure by Rugby-based company Morgan Sindall in associat ion wit h HCC wit h a plan t o develop a number of homes in t he count y. The part nership, which is known as Chalkdene, will focus on 12 key sit es in Hert s wit h t he aim of building in excess of 500 propert ies. The cont ract has already been seen as a meaningful cont ribut or t o group profit s. Cont inued on page 3
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