What’s On
St Albans has a Community Governance Review (CGR) currently under way and this will decide whether the city centre needs a local parish/town council. . See our Local Government Reorganisation page for more on this.
The Civic Society strongly supports provision of a parish council (ie a town/city council) for central St Albans. We believe it would play a key role in protecting the character and heritage of St Albans by influencing decisions made by a unitary authority headquartered elsewhere and by managing some local assets and functions.
For that reason, our focus for the start of 2026 will be on campaigning for a YES vote for a
parish/town council and working with partners on what we think its future shape and functions should be.
The first events in 2026 were a series of well-attended public meetings across central St Albans and the committee continues to complete follow-up work and to identify events and speakers for the next stages.
What’s On for 2026
Our programme for 2026 started with the Community Governance public meetings programme. These have now concluded other events will be announced shortly.
No events are found.
Past Events
Please confirm your attendance by email to chair@stalbanscivicsociety.com
St Albans & Hertfordshire Architectural and Archaeological Society (SAHAAS), invite us to join them for a talk by Prof. Geraint John, president emeritus of the St Albans Civic Society, about the Arts and Crafts movement of the latter part of the nineteenth century. The talk will cover an introduction to the arts and crafts movement, William […]
Do you remember the proposal to build a freight terminal on the old Handley Page airfield site at Park Street? Refused by the Council but approved on appeal by the Secretary of State, it was the largest planning application the district has ever seen – almost 500 football pitches, 3000 more lorries using congested local […]