Welcome
The Bishop's Stortford Civic Federation (BSCF) came into being in 2006 as a registered charity (number 264557) and seeks to represent the interests of all residents' associations in Bishop's Stortford.
Please join us if you care about the future of Bishop's Stortford and want to help. You can email us or contact any of our committee members.
For more details, including our objectives, see our About Us pages.
New!Current Campaigns
Proposed Stansted Airport Expansion Updated 2 May 2009
Defeat for SSE in court.
On April 29, the Stop Stansted Expansion campaign (SSE) was informed that its written application to the Court of Appeal, which sought permission to appeal against the High Court's decision to uphold expansion approval, had failed. The Right Honourable Lord Justice Laws ruled the appeal should not be allowed because there was no real prospect of success. Despite this setback, SSE spokesman Peter Gowan confirmed that SSE wanted an oral hearing to give evidence against BAA's permission for plans to expand from 25m to 35m passengers a year.
The full story appeared in the Herts and Essex Observer of April 3: New court defeat for SSE.
Government deals further blow to Stansted runway plans. Stop Stansted Expansion issued this press release on 28 April 2009, detailing its analysis of how the most recent budget would affect expansion plans for Stansted airport.
Stansted Airport must be sold. This story: Competition Commission rules that Stansted Airport must be sold within two years appeared in the Herts and Essex Observer on March 19, 2009.
Stop Stansted Expansion welcomes the Competition Commission's announcement.
Stop Stansted Expansion has welcomed the decision of the Competition Commission to compel the British Airports Authority to sell Stansted Airport within two years: Press release (19 Mar 2009) from Stop Stansted Expansion.
Stansted second runway inquiry DELAYED.
This story: Stansted second runway inquiry delay appeared in the Herts and Essex Observer at the beginning of March.
Former Labour officials now working for BAA.
This story: Fury at airport lobby links to No 10 appeared in The Observer on 18 January.
Stop Stansted Expansion Supports Heathrow Community
The Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) campaign fully supports the Heathrow community in its opposition to the third runway. See the full SSE press statement released on 16 January.
Proposed Schools' Relocation Updated 12 December 2008
SCHOOLS WITHDRAW PLANS The decision of the schools involved to withdraw their plans for a combined site at Whittington Way Map has been hailed as a "victory for the people" by BSCF chairman, Richard Hannah. See his letter in the Herts and Essex Observer.
The postponed 16 October meeting with East Herts District Council, rescheduled for Tuesday 9 December has now been CANCELLED. This is because the school governors have withdrawn the planning application to build on the Green Belt site at Whittington Way. See this story for more information.
BSCF letter in response to Essex County Council's withdrawal of its objections to proposed school move plans.Essex County Council withdraws its objections to proposed schools move plans.
For the latest updated news, see our Schools Information page. Map