Grand Union Canal Dacorum Hertfordshire
Proposal
Notification of Statutory Consultation for a Development Consent Order (under S42 of the Planning Act 2008) for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Grand Union Canal transfer, a water transfer scheme to move a maximum flow of 115 megalitres/day from Severn Trent to Affinity Water's supply areas.
- Received
- 17 February 2026
- Decided
- 5 March 2026 · no objection
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- NOT IN DISTRICT See Details Under Parish
- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated17 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date10 Mar
- DecidedDecided5 Mar
Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)
This is an outline application at Grand Union Canal Dacorum Hertfordshire. Three Rivers has handled 531 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 45 days. This one was decided in 16 days, 4 weeks quicker than Three Rivers's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 9 applications across NOT IN DISTRICT See Details Under Parish.
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Green belt: Three Rivers
- Ancient woodland: Woodmans Wood
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-10-09. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.
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