Land East Of Hemel Hempstead South Of B487 Redbourn Road North Of A4147 St Albans Road Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

26/1465/NAC - Neighbouring Authority Consultation Decided

Proposal

Neighbouring Authority Consultation: (St Albans City and District Council) Outline application for: urban extension comprising two new neighbourhoods and a new employment zone. The development to include new dwellings (including affordable housing and specialist accommodation for older people); new employment and industrial floorspace and ancillary facilities, a sports hub and Sports Pitches; green infrastructure and landscaping works (to include a country park, formal and informal open space, amenity space, Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace, managed woodland, ecological areas); early years, nursery, primary and secondary education facilities; local centre uses (to include retail, community and employment uses; health and fitness, gym and other cultural and recreational uses; medical centre; transport mobility hubs; drainage works (including foul and surface water drainage infrastructure); ancillary infrastructure works; vehicular and active travel infrastructure; improvements to the Nickey Line and delivery of a proportion of the Hemel Garden Communities Green Loop; land for Gypsy and Traveller pitches; provision of an active travel bridge over the A414; safeguarded land for M1 Junction 8 improvements; ground remodelling, acoustic bund, engineering and demolition works. All matters reserved save for access from the A414/Green Lane junction and access from the B487/ Hemel Hempstead Road (Redbourn Road) (Cross boundary application falling within St Albans City and District Council and Dacorum Borough Council administrative boundaries) AMENDED PLANS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - Application Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
15 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 6 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 10 Nov 2026, from Three Rivers's recent new homes.

Site constraints 4

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm.
St Albans - Verulamium conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Agricultural land, grade 3a
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 197 m away: Verulamium, site of.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No listed building at the site

Checked on 20 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Application type
Neighbouring Authority Consultation
Received
15 Sept 2026
Validated
15 Sept 2026
Ward
NOT IN DISTRICT See Details Under Parish
Parish
City And District Of St Albans
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Agent
St Albans City And District Council

Decision outlook

Day 20 of the 56-day target. Three Rivers usually decides new homes by day 56.

Day 2036 days to the 56-day target
67%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
10%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Three Rivers in the last twelve months, from validation. Three Rivers decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 3 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
6 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Three Rivers
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#54 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Three Rivers is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #30 out of 296. Only 24% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Three Rivers decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #145 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #184 of 296
82%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #30 of 296
24%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #28 of 296
85%
Minor dwellings approved
62 decided (1-9 homes)
63%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
94%
Change of use approved
17 decided
819
Total decisions
86 refused in the year to March 2026