Land To East Of Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead Road Redbourn Hertfordshire
Proposal
Scoping Opinion - Construction of up to 4,000 new dwellings (to include 40% affordable housing, 5 extra-care facilities each comprising 70-80 self- contained units, 3 nursing homes (each of 70-80 beds) and 16 supporting living units); up to 53ha of employment and ancillary facilities (to include 17ha of Business (Ei), Research and Development (Eii) and 36ha of Logistics (B8) and mixed industrial uses (B2 and Eiii)); green infrastructure and landscaping works (to include a country park, formal and informal open space, amenity space, managed woodland, ecological network links and sports facilities); early years, primary and secondary education facilities; neighbourhood centres and local centres (to include retail, community and employment uses; sports hub; medical centre); mobility hubs; sustainable drainage systems (including ponds, lakes and water courses); supporting infrastructure (comprising utilities and diversions as necessary); vehicular and active travel access points, estate roads and connections to the surrounding highway, cycleway and pedestrian network; buffer zones to the M1 and Buncefield oil depot and pipelines; improvements to existing public rights of way, improvements to the Nickey Line and delivery of a proportion of the Hemel Garden Communities (HGC) Green Loop; land for up to 40 Gypsy and Traveller pitches; provision of an active travel bridge over the A414; safeguarded land for M1 Junction 8 improvements; ground remodelling and any necessary demolition. at Land To East Of Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead Road Redbourn Hertfordshire
- Received
- 10 December 2024
- Decided
- 31 January 2025 · Environmental Statement required
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Redbourn
- ReceivedReceived10 Dec
- ValidatedValidated10 Dec
- Consult.Consultation7 Jan
- TargetTarget Date7 Jan
- DecidedDecided31 Jan
Decided in 52 days (council typically 63)
This is an outline application for demolition at Land To East Of Hemel Hempstead Hemel Hempstead Road Redbourn Hertfordshire. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type and approves 73% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 52 days. The site is in the Redbourn conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Redbourn.
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- Conservation area: Redbourn
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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