Hub ‘partners’ fall out over future of Market Square
- There is a dispute between the ‘partners’ who are pushing for the closure of Hemel Hospital
- West Herts Trust bosses are keen that the replacement six-storey ‘neighbourhood health centre’ Hub should block the views from Marlowes to the Water Gardens
- But the other ‘partner’ Dacorum Council is having second thoughts
- Heritage watchdog Historic England attacked the idea of plonking the Hub in the middle of the open Square
- The Council agreed, and now thinks the the Hub should be built on the northern edge of the Square instead
- The Council now wants to retain a ‘public square facing onto the Water Gardens’
- But the NHS bosses don’t want that small concession included in the Local Plan
- Of course the best idea would be to use the existing Hospital site
- Why are NHS bosses so determined to ruin our town?