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Work is soon to start on a new housing block and associated works to accommodate an additional 240 prisoners at the Mount.  This will increase the total number of prisoners to 1008. The Prison will remain a Category C prison.
The proposals are for three new buildings comprising a 3 storey housing block, kitchen block and a facility for Sports.

Builders lorries will be routed via Box Lane and Molyneaux Avenue.

In addition the modernisation of Little Hay golf club, involving remodelling of most of the holes and installation of multi-shot driving range, water harvesting system through construction of irrigation lagoon, attenuation lake and drainage system.

Lorries will be routed via Upper Bourne End Lane.

You may be aware of the planning to modernise Little Hay Golf Complex, which includes construction of a multi-shot driving range and water features. Construction traffic is planned to be via Upper Bourne End Lane (from Macdonalds services on the A41).

Site route to Little Hay via Upper Bourne End Lane, rather than Box Lane

This will effect access to the properties and businesses at the top of the lane and Runways Farm.

Construction traffic will comprise the importation of recovered soils brought to the site using tipper wagons.

The duration of the construction phase is anticipated to be in the order of 18 months with about 420 deliveries of material expected per week.

During the summer holidays the  paintball site also has some 300 cars every day.

Dacorum BC refused the CLEUD application for aircraft activity at Berry Farm, Whelpley Hill (part of the disused Bovingdon Airfield) in November 2012. Recently Dacorum issued an Enforcement Notice regarding aircraft activity on Berry Farm. This Enforcement Notice was to restrict aircraft activity to 76 aircraft movements (take offs/landings) a year.