Green Street East

Developers for the site east of Green Street have announced that they intend to submit new applications to develop housing on the site. Two alternative applications will be submitted: An application for up to 300 homes in the lower part of the site, or An application...

Licence Applications

An issue around applications for alcohol and music licences has recently come to light. When consulting on Licence applications, TRDC do not advise neighbouring properties about consultations on the applications. Instead, they follow the minimum notification...

Government Betrays The Green Belt

Despite all the fine words and media noise, after analysing the detailed changes to government policy which sets the rules for Local Plans and planning applications, it is clear that the government has not delivered on its promise to protect the Green Belt from...

District Council Reduces Housing Target to Protect Green Belt

As featured in the 20th June 2023 Planning Update ________________________________________ Local Residents’ Associations, both individually and through the Three Rivers Joint Residents Association, have been lobbying all levels of government for over three years to...

Housing Number for Local Plan

Following commitment from Three Rivers District Council to prepare a new Local Plan with lower new home numbers than derived from the Standard Methodology, we were concerned to see a Council response to a question at a recent Full Council meeting which stated that the...

Land East of Green Street – Update January 2023

The Council’s assessment of the Green Street applications is still ongoing. Any decision on these applications will have to be made by the full Planning Committee. It now seems that the earliest date that the applications will be considered is at the April meeting due...