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...

Chorleywood is under threat !

Feb 24, 2025

Local artist Simon Stephenson has kindly helped us with a dramatic new poster, highlighting the pressures threatening Chorleywood. The government’s targets for new houses threaten the Green Belt around Chorleywood, and our lanes are under increasing pressure from the...

District Council Pauses Local Plan

Oct 27, 2024

Last week, Three Rivers District Council decided that the final consultation on the new Local Plan, expected to be held in November, should be delayed due to concerns over the new Government’s proposed change to the National Planning Policy Framework and issues...

NPPF Consultation September 2024

Sep 27, 2024

Extract from Newsletter Special Update September 2024 You probably heard the new Government’s announcements at the end of July about changing planning rules to deliver more new housing. As part of this, the Government issued a draft National Planning Policy...

District Council Reduces Housing Target to Protect Green Belt

Jun 21, 2023

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...