Will you help protect all of Singlers Marsh for future generations?

Thank you for your past support for Singlers Marsh here at Change.Org.

As you know, Singlers Marsh has been at the heart of Welwyn Village for hundreds of years.

The fields around Welwyn are increasingly under threat of development for housing and roads. Singlers Marsh has been proposed to host one of these new roads. It will permanently spoil this beautiful and much-loved piece of nature at the heart of our community.

We have been campaigning since 2020 to register Singlers Marsh as a designated "Village Green". This will give it much greater legal protection than it has now and will safeguard all of it for generations to come. And it means that we can carry on using all of it, just as we do now, including for the Welwyn Fun Day and the Classic Car Show. 

Becoming a Village Green is a legal process. For Singlers Marsh, the application is opposed by the developer who wants to build the road and by WHBC. If it were unopposed, there would be no legal process.

Although our campaign is run by local volunteers, we need to pay for legal representation at the official Inquiry hearings. From Spring 2025 onwards, we estimate that our total costs will be £25,000 for the whole of the remaining Inquiry. This will give Singlers Marsh the best chance of gaining the strongest protection available against part of it being turned into a roadway.

The next phase of the inquiry is a hearing next month. The campaign's costs for being represented at this legal hearing will be nearly £4000.

Please consider donating to help us cover our costs for this hearing. Just click here.

We are able to claim Gift Aid on donations that top-up the amounts given. JustGiving is an easy way to donate like this. However, if you are able to gift a larger amount, please contact us directly at save@singlersmarsh.org.uk to discuss other arrangements.

We are also holding a Public Meeting at 7.30pm in the Welwyn Civic Centre on Wednesday, 30th April to discuss Singlers Marsh and why getting it registered as having Village Green status is so important to our community as a whole.

But our opponents are using those experienced barristers to object, so we need to be properly represented against them. If you can help by donating towards the legal costs it will be a great help. Just click here. 

Thank you for your support.

Welwyn Planning & Amenity Group