{
  "market": "St Albans and Harpenden",
  "updated": "2026-06-19",
  "status": "internal_prep_only",
  "sourceIssues": [
    "MY-2577",
    "MY-2571"
  ],
  "purpose": "Editor-facing approval request queue for the next sponsor decision. This gives one clean ask per prospect without triggering outreach.",
  "boundary": "No sponsor outreach, checkout, invoice, payment collection, public post, subscriber email, sponsor report or inventory hold is approved by this artifact.",
  "recommendedAsk": "Collinson Hall",
  "requests": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "prospectName": "Collinson Hall",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.collinsonhall.co.uk/",
      "packageSlug": "founding-issue-sponsor",
      "packageCandidate": "Founding issue sponsor",
      "proposedWindow": "Launch issue or first verified property-led weekday edition",
      "riskLevel": "high",
      "editorDecisionNeeded": "Approve one property sponsor outreach draft only after a branch/service-area URL and regulated-claim review are attached.",
      "safeInternalRationale": [
        "Resident-useful sponsor lane for Property, lettings and relocation.",
        "Package can be prepared as static Buttondown-first copy after approval.",
        "No live reach, subscriber, click, referral or performance claim is needed for the first ask."
      ],
      "proofStillNeeded": [
        "Branch/service-area proof",
        "Approved local CTA",
        "Regulated housing and valuation claim review"
      ],
      "copyHardStops": [
        "No price-growth, investment-return or scarcity language",
        "No outreach until the editor approves prospect, copy, route and timing",
        "No Stripe checkout or inventory hold before live sponsor approval"
      ],
      "preparedButNotEnabled": [
        "Plain-text outreach draft",
        "UTM slug and Buttondown sponsor tag placeholder",
        "Stripe lookup key placeholder"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "prospectName": "Bradford & Howley",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.bradfordandhowley.com/",
      "packageSlug": "weekly-st-albans-partner",
      "packageCandidate": "Weekly St Albans partner",
      "proposedWindow": "First Harpenden or Marshalswick-heavy weekday edition after Buttondown analytics are verified",
      "riskLevel": "high",
      "editorDecisionNeeded": "Approve the Harpenden property lane only after the branch, valuation or property-alert URL and regulated-claim review are attached.",
      "safeInternalRationale": [
        "Resident-useful sponsor lane for Property, homes and relocation.",
        "Package can be prepared as static Buttondown-first copy after approval.",
        "No live reach, subscriber, click, referral or performance claim is needed for the first ask."
      ],
      "proofStillNeeded": [
        "Official site proof across Harpenden, Marshalswick, St Albans and surrounding areas",
        "One branch, valuation or property-alert destination URL",
        "Regulated review for market-insight, valuation, buyer-count and sold-property claims"
      ],
      "copyHardStops": [
        "No market-performance, buyer-count or sold-property claims without current proof",
        "No outreach until the editor approves prospect, copy, route and timing",
        "No Stripe checkout or inventory hold before live sponsor approval"
      ],
      "preparedButNotEnabled": [
        "Plain-text outreach draft",
        "UTM slug and Buttondown sponsor tag placeholder",
        "Stripe lookup key placeholder"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "prospectName": "St Albans Independent College",
      "publicUrl": "https://stalbanscollege.co.uk/",
      "packageSlug": "weekly-st-albans-partner",
      "packageCandidate": "Weekly St Albans partner",
      "proposedWindow": "First school-run or family-planning week after Buttondown analytics are verified",
      "riskLevel": "high",
      "editorDecisionNeeded": "Approve education sponsor copy only if the landing page names age range, course/open-event route and safeguarding-safe wording.",
      "safeInternalRationale": [
        "Resident-useful sponsor lane for Education, family and school-run planning.",
        "Package can be prepared as static Buttondown-first copy after approval.",
        "No live reach, subscriber, click, referral or performance claim is needed for the first ask."
      ],
      "proofStillNeeded": [
        "Official admissions or course page",
        "Age range and safeguarding-safe wording",
        "No unsupported exam-result or outcome claims"
      ],
      "copyHardStops": [
        "No scraped parent, student or school contact data",
        "No academic outcome, exam-result or suitability claims without proof",
        "No outreach until the editor approves exact wording and route"
      ],
      "preparedButNotEnabled": [
        "Plain-text outreach draft",
        "UTM slug and Buttondown sponsor tag placeholder",
        "Stripe lookup key placeholder"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "approvalResponseFields": [
    "approved: yes/no",
    "approved prospect name",
    "approved package slug",
    "approved date window",
    "approved landing page URL",
    "copy changes required",
    "compliance notes",
    "approval source and timestamp"
  ],
  "nextSafeActions": [
    "Attach exact landing page proof to the recommended ask.",
    "Draft plaintext copy only after the prospect, package and route are approved.",
    "Keep referral-reward copy blocked until MY-2571 confirmed-only attribution is verified.",
    "Record approval before preparing any live Buttondown, Stripe, sponsor contact or inventory workflow."
  ]
}