Local Area Forum – Your Chance to Question Your Councillors

May 25, 2026

Do you have questions or concerns about the state of the roads, planning applications and developments in the area, the Local Plan, in fact anything that your Councils are involved with (or might know about)? There will be a Local Area Forum on 3rd June starting at...

Planning Fighting Fund

May 25, 2026

The Parish is under more threat from excessive development than at any time in living memory. There are planning applications for significant numbers of new dwellings being proposed in Green Belt on Green Street and Catlips Farm, and the new draft Local Plan contains...

Local Plan – April 2026

Apr 27, 2026

As we covered in our last newsletter, in March the Housing Minister instructed Three Rivers District Council to add further sites to its Local Plan, including the site to the East of Green Street with an expected capacity of 678 new dwellings. Over the last month, the...

Housing Minister Forces Three Rivers to Add More Development Sites

Mar 24, 2026

As we reported in the February Newsletter, at the beginning of February the Housing Minister stopped the new Three Rivers Local Plan going forward to consultation so that he can review its contents due to concerns over the level of new homes it would deliver. On 18th...

Housing Minister Puts Three Rivers Local Plan Consultation On Hold

Feb 23, 2026

On 5th February, one day before the draft Local Plan was due to commence its final public consultation, the Housing Minister (Matthew Pennycook MP) decided to stop the consultation proceeding and issued a hold notice. We are very concerned about this as it is likely...