Bishop's Stortford residents have been promised a say in the future of a key town centre site after East Herts District Council paid £19.55m to buy back the land it sold six years ago for £7.35m.The shock purchase of the Causeway site was confirmed by the authority's Conservative leader, Cllr Linda Haysey, on Tuesday – and her first task was to assure council tax payers that the deal makes sound financial sense.In 2009 the council's Tory cabinet was at pains to explain why the...
