{
  "market": "St Albans and Harpenden",
  "updated": "2026-06-16",
  "status": "internal_prep_only",
  "sourceIssues": [
    "MY-2577"
  ],
  "purpose": "Machine-readable sponsor decision ledger for the next manual approval review.",
  "boundary": "No outreach, payment collection, Stripe checkout, subscriber email, public post or inventory hold is approved by this artifact.",
  "counts": {
    "decisionRows": 4,
    "highRiskRows": 3
  },
  "rows": [
    {
      "rank": 1,
      "prospectName": "Collinson Hall",
      "segment": "Property, lettings and relocation",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.collinsonhall.co.uk/",
      "packageCandidate": "Founding issue sponsor",
      "packageSlug": "founding-issue-sponsor",
      "proposedWindow": "Launch issue or first verified property-led weekday edition",
      "currentStage": "Copy risk checked",
      "riskLevel": "high",
      "nextAction": "Capture a single valuation, lettings or relocation landing page and remove any price-growth or urgency language before approval.",
      "approvalAsk": "Approve one property sponsor outreach draft only after a branch/service-area URL and regulated-claim review are attached.",
      "utmSlug": "Prepare UTM slug gmstalbans-collinsonhall-founding",
      "blockingProof": [
        "Branch/service-area proof",
        "Approved local CTA",
        "Regulated housing and valuation claim review"
      ],
      "hardBlockers": [
        "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"
      ],
      "approvalStatus": "Research prepared; outreach blocked pending editorial approval"
    },
    {
      "rank": 2,
      "prospectName": "Bradford & Howley",
      "segment": "Property, homes and relocation",
      "publicUrl": "https://www.bradfordandhowley.com/",
      "packageCandidate": "Weekly St Albans partner",
      "packageSlug": "weekly-st-albans-partner",
      "proposedWindow": "First Harpenden or Marshalswick-heavy weekday edition after Buttondown analytics are verified",
      "currentStage": "Approval pack prepared",
      "riskLevel": "high",
      "nextAction": "Capture the exact branch, valuation or property-alert landing page and remove any market-performance language before the editor review.",
      "approvalAsk": "Approve the Harpenden property lane only after the branch, valuation or property-alert URL and regulated-claim review are attached.",
      "utmSlug": "Prepare UTM slug gmstalbans-bradfordhowley-weekly",
      "blockingProof": [
        "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"
      ],
      "hardBlockers": [
        "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"
      ],
      "approvalStatus": "Second-pass Harpenden pack prepared; outreach blocked pending editorial approval"
    },
    {
      "rank": 3,
      "prospectName": "St Albans Independent College",
      "segment": "Education, family and school-run planning",
      "publicUrl": "https://stalbanscollege.co.uk/",
      "packageCandidate": "Weekly St Albans partner",
      "packageSlug": "weekly-st-albans-partner",
      "proposedWindow": "First school-run or family-planning week after Buttondown analytics are verified",
      "currentStage": "Copy risk checked",
      "riskLevel": "high",
      "nextAction": "Verify admissions, course stage and open-event route before preparing parent-facing copy.",
      "approvalAsk": "Approve education sponsor copy only if the landing page names age range, course/open-event route and safeguarding-safe wording.",
      "utmSlug": "Prepare UTM slug gmstalbans-stalbanscollege-weekly",
      "blockingProof": [
        "Official admissions or course page",
        "Age range and safeguarding-safe wording",
        "No unsupported exam-result or outcome claims"
      ],
      "hardBlockers": [
        "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"
      ],
      "approvalStatus": "Research prepared; outreach blocked pending editorial approval"
    },
    {
      "rank": 4,
      "prospectName": "The Odyssey Cinema",
      "segment": "Hospitality, culture and independent retail",
      "publicUrl": "https://odysseypictures.co.uk/",
      "packageCandidate": "Referral reward sponsor",
      "packageSlug": "referral-reward-sponsor",
      "proposedWindow": "First referral push after MY-2571 referral metadata is verified",
      "currentStage": "Package matched",
      "riskLevel": "medium",
      "nextAction": "Pick one dated screening, membership or resident offer and capture prize/voucher terms before approval.",
      "approvalAsk": "Approve only a dated screening, membership or resident offer with visible terms before any reward copy is used.",
      "utmSlug": "Prepare UTM slug gmstalbans-odyssey-referral",
      "blockingProof": [
        "Current programme or booking page",
        "Offer terms and date window",
        "Age-rating or prize-term notes if relevant"
      ],
      "hardBlockers": [
        "No prize, voucher or giveaway wording without terms",
        "No popularity, sell-out or attendance claims without proof",
        "No referral reward launch until MY-2571 live wiring is verified"
      ],
      "approvalStatus": "Research prepared; outreach blocked pending editorial approval"
    }
  ],
  "liveActionGates": [
    "Confirm internally before contacting any sponsor prospect.",
    "Confirm internally before creating checkout links, invoices, payment requests or inventory holds.",
    "Use only proof-ledger safe claims until live Buttondown and UTM reporting are verified.",
    "Treat property, education, medical, financial, employment, prize and alcohol claims as manual compliance review."
  ]
}