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Three Rivers: what’s happening where you live
What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.
Three Rivers District Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, East of England; within the county of HRT. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Hertfordshire County Council.
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- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Three Rivers for 2026–27: £212.53 of a £2,422.31 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically
No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.
In the last twelve months: 1 opened (1 new provision), 0 closed
- Elderwood House School — open; reason recorded: new provision, 2 September 2026
What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | £579,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £2.7 million |
| Cultural and related services | £2.5 million |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £6.5 million |
| Planning and development services | £1.9 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £2.4 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £16.6 million |
Three Rivers in numbers
- Total population
- 95,807 people
- Median age
- 42 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £37,848
- Gross median weekly pay
- £767
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 14.7%
- Claimant Count
- 2.7%
- Average house price
- £590,816
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 12.4 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 5.8 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 91.5%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 160.7 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 5,865 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
39 seats in 2026. Run by: Liberal Democrats, as a minority administration.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 18, Conservative and Unionist 14, Green Party (E&W) 3, Independent / Other 2, Labour Party 2.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 39 councillors, by ward
- David Major (Liberal Democrats) — Abbots Langley & Bedmond
- Ian Campbell (Conservative and Unionist) — Abbots Langley & Bedmond
- Vicky Edwards (Conservative and Unionist) — Abbots Langley & Bedmond
- Christopher Alley (Conservative and Unionist) — Carpenders Park
- Ian Morris (Independent / Other) — Carpenders Park
- Krutika Patel (Conservative and Unionist) — Carpenders Park
- Ciaran Reed (Conservative and Unionist) — Chorleywood North & Sarratt
- Matthew Hunt (Conservative and Unionist) — Chorleywood North & Sarratt
- Oliver Cooper (Conservative and Unionist) — Chorleywood North & Sarratt
- Harry Davies (Liberal Democrats) — Chorleywood South & Maple Cross
- Louise Price (Liberal Democrats) — Chorleywood South & Maple Cross
- Raj Khiroya (Liberal Democrats) — Chorleywood South & Maple Cross
- Cheryl Stungo (Green Party (E&W)) — Dickinsons
- Chris Mitchell (Green Party (E&W)) — Dickinsons
- Narinder Sian (Green Party (E&W)) — Dickinsons
- Chris Lloyd (Liberal Democrats) — Durrants
- Paul Rainbow (Liberal Democrats) — Durrants
- Steve Drury (Liberal Democrats) — Durrants
- Aidan Bentley (Liberal Democrats) — Gade Valley
- Chris Whately-Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Gade Valley
- Elinor Gazzard (Liberal Democrats) — Gade Valley
- Jon Tankard (Liberal Democrats) — Leavesden
- Kevin Raeburn (Liberal Democrats) — Leavesden
- Stephen Giles-Medhurst (Liberal Democrats) — Leavesden
- Anaika Chopra (Conservative and Unionist) — Moor Park & Eastbury
- Debbie Morris (Conservative and Unionist) — Moor Park & Eastbury
- Reena Ranger (Conservative and Unionist) — Moor Park & Eastbury
- Andrew Scarth (Liberal Democrats) — Oxhey Hall & Hayling
- Keith Martin (Liberal Democrats) — Oxhey Hall & Hayling
- Shelley Gormley (Liberal Democrats) — Oxhey Hall & Hayling
- Kerry Milliken (Conservative and Unionist) — Penn & Mill End
- Tom Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Penn & Mill End
- Tony Humphreys (Liberal Democrats) — Penn & Mill End
- Andrea Fraser (Conservative and Unionist) — Rickmansworth Town
- Lisa Hudson (Conservative and Unionist) — Rickmansworth Town
- Mike Sims (Independent / Other) — Rickmansworth Town
- Joan King (Labour Party) — South Oxhey
- Kavan Trivedi (Conservative and Unionist) — South Oxhey
- Stephen Cox (Labour Party) — South Oxhey