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I write listening to the beautiful voice of Oliver Darley (his album \u201cMindin\u2019 My Business\u201d on Spotify) and am excited for his return to the Banqueting Hall in Knebworth House on Sunday 20th<\/sup> December with \u201cSimply at Christmas \u2013 favourites from The Great American Songbook\u201d.\u00a0 If you were able to catch Oliver last Christmas, when he and accompanist Chad Lelong performed \u201cSimply Sinatra\u201d, you will know what a treat we have in store.\u00a0 Do join us if you are free that afternoon or evening \u2013 tickets sold out last year early, so do head to our website.<\/p>\n

Oliver\u2019s voice is the perfect soothing antidote to today\u2019s task \u2013 reading Hertfordshire\u2019s Local Transport Plan draft consultation, which asks for comment before Monday 9th<\/sup> November.\u00a0 LTP5, as it is called, is a crucial document for Knebworth Village, as it dictates how County Highways will respond to our congestion issues and our road infrastructure deficit over the next couple of decades.\u00a0 The news is not good, I\u2019m afraid, as \u2013 reflecting its current position and current policy, LTP4 \u2013 roads will continue to be seen as the devil\u2019s work.\u00a0 The new plan is full of fine aspirations for improving the safety of cycling and walking, and other healthy initiatives we can all support \u2013 but contains absolutely nothing to improve the lot of those of us in this rural community whose responsibilities and busy lives rely on the freedom to use a car.<\/p>\n

There is zero in Hertfordshire\u2019s Transport Policy for the next two decades for improving, replacing or, heaven forbid, creating roads. \u00a0Highways solution to congestion is \u2018intervention\u2019, making it harder to use cars, reducing vehicular access and parking, until Knebworth becomes its vision of a single-crossroads, cycling & walking utopia.\u00a0 If, like me, you feel that this does not adequately reflect the real-world needs of most residents in this rural Parish, please do Google \u201conline consultation LTP Hertfordshire\u201d and tell them so before 9th<\/sup> November. \u00a0To make it easy there is a response document called \u201cEasy-read version of Local Transport Plan and survey\u201d which, after a few very easy questions (do you want cheaper buses?) gives you a box to answer \u201cWhat is the most important thing that would make transport better for you?\u201d\u2026 Whatever your answer, do mention Knebworth.\u00a0 I shall be putting on some soothing Oliver Darley before I fill out that box.<\/p>\n

Henry Lytton Cobbold
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I write listening to the beautiful voice of Oliver Darley (his album \u201cMindin\u2019 My Business\u201d on Spotify) and am excited for his return to the Banqueting Hall in Knebworth House on Sunday 20th December with \u201cSimply at Christmas \u2013 favourites … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-26"],"yoast_head":"\nNovember 2026 - Henry Lytton Cobbold<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/knebworthhouse.com\/blog\/?p=1082\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"November 2026 - 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