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West Hemel - LA3 Today!

www.westhemelactiongroup.org

Welcome

Residents’ MeetingFebruary 2019

Timeline

Sept 2013 - Core Strategy approved

July 2017 - Site Allocations & Master Plan approved by

Independent Planning Inspector

Jan 2019 – Consultation started for LA3 Planning Application

(21 days)

July 2019 – LA3 Planning Application to Development

Management Committee for approval (tbc)


Where Are We Now?

Building on LA3 is going to happen!

However ……… NOTHING has been agreed!

Still MUCH to negotiate between DBC &

Developers

You can influence what happens next!

DBC want your feedback!


What Are WHAG Doing?

Talking to DBC Planning

Liaising with other local bodies – BEVA, DEF, CPRE

Engaging with local Councillors & MP

Raising funds & engaging professional help

Communicating with local residents


Key Features of the Planning Application

Outline Application:

Outline application for 1,100 properties (up to 40%

affordable)

Land allocated for 2 form entry primary school

Allocation for a GP Surgery

Care Home – up to 70 people

Community hub - retail outlet

7 Pitch G&T Site


Key Features of the Planning Application

Phase 1 Application:

350 properties in Phase 1

Accommodating & access to a 7 pitch G&T site &

foul drainage pumping station

2 key access points – Long Chaulden & The Avenue


G&T Site / Pumping Station Access

Key Issues of the Planning Application

Housing 23% on originally consulted numbers (900)

Road infrastructure – type, scale & timing

Only 35% affordable housing in Phase 1

NOT in Phase 1:

School

Community hub

GP surgery

Care Home

HCC site not in the application – what is the future of that site?

G&T Site – Access issueswww.westhemelactiongroup.org

What Should You Do Now?

It’s going happen!

Comments need to be focused on dealing with the key

issues

Focus comments to DBC on the key issues YOU

want to see dealt with

You CAN influence change with your comments ….

negotiations are ongoing


For example ……..

Increase in housing numbers

Increase in traffic

Road infrastructure “improvements” – type, scale & timing

Volume of affordable housing in Phase 1 – 35% versus 40%

What's NOT in Phase 1 – where are the facilities to support even just this

Phase?

HCC site not in the application – what is the future of that site / impact

on overall numbers

G&T Site/Pumping Station – access onto Chaulden Lane – Is this not

impacting our rural lanes?

Not Just LA3, but the wider impact on West Hemel

What impacts YOU?!www.westhemelactiongroup.org

Focus comments on what impacts on YOU!

Gridlocked roads:

around The Avenue & Long Chaulden & beyond

Hold ups & safety issues on rural roads:

Chaulden Lane, Pouchen End Lane & Winkwell

Change in nature of rural roads

Lack of school places

Air quality

Difficulty getting GP appointments


Road Infrastructure

Increased traffic:

2,000 – 2,500 additional cars on our roads

Minimal road improvements

Unclear timing of improvements

Increase in the “rat run” down Pouchen End Lane/Winkwell

Access on Chaulden Lane:

G&T site (with no access into LA3)

Foul drainage pumping station

Emergency access

Cycling access onto Pouchen End Lane


Where is the “joined up thinking”?

Other developments in Hemel (commercial &

residential)

Pix Farm Lane – 56 houses

Marchmont Fields

Station Gateway

What is the combined impact?


Key Documents

275 different documents on the DBC Planning Portal

Helpful links to key documents on the Dacorum Environmental Forum

(DEF) Website – 31 “Top Documents”

http://dacenvforum.org.uk/ - Look under “External Links, etc”

Good place to start:

Planning-Statement-44829424.pdf

Scheme-description-and-land-uses-assessed-44827586.pdf

Transport-Assessment-incl-parking-provision-standards-44827743.pdf

Maps

http://dacenvforum.org.uk/

http://dacenvforum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Planning-Statement-44829424.pdf

http://dacenvforum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Scheme-description-and-land-uses-assessed-44827586.pdf

http://dacenvforum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Transport-Assessment-incl-parking-provision-standards-44827743.pdf

How to comment – one of the following:

1. Via DBC Planning Website:See WHAG Website for link

Search on the DBC Planning Portal – dacorum.gov.uk

2. Email to DBC Planning –

[email protected] **

3. Letter to DBC Planning Ross Herbert, Planning Case Officer,

The Forum, Marlowes,

Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1DN **


mailto:[email protected]

Chartered Town Planner

Local government planning for 10 years > substantial experience of

both Planning Policy & Development Control

BA Hons in Town and Country Planning

Corporate member of the Royal Town Planning Institute (MRTPI)

since 1990

Professional Certificate in Management Practice(Cert.Mgt.)

Diploma in Management Science (Dip Man)

Member of the Institute of Management (MIMgt.) & Town & Country

Planning Association (TCPA)

Successfully helped Bovingdon Residents Association fight the

approval of a G&T site

Planning Consultant – Phillip Hughes

Background


Planning Consultant – Phillip Hughes

What he has done for WHAG so far

Possible next steps

Costs & Donations


Funding

What have we raised so far?

What is left?

What more do we need?

WE NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP - THIS HELP COSTS ££

PLEASE DONATE!www.westhemelactiongroup.org

Donate option on WHAG website:➢ Paypal

➢ Credit card

Other:

➢Contact WHAG by email for other methods to donate

➢[email protected]

We will track, log and monitor donations

Donations


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Specialist skills:➢ Planning

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