CRA and Planning
The association’s activities cover the full range of planning matters affecting the parish including planning applications, the development of the new Chorleywood Neighbourhood Plan, the ongoing development of the new Local Plan by Three Rivers District Council and reviewing and, where appropriate, commenting on new government rules and regulations on planning matters.
No resident should feel they are alone when facing the complexities of the planning system and, as such, the association is available to provide advice and support to all residents with regard to planning applications. This includes providing regular updates to residents on our subscription list with regard to recently posted planning applications and planning appeals.
See our Contact Us page for our email and other contact information.
Latest News for Planning
Local Government Reorganisation Consultation
The changes being proposed to the Parish elections and boundaries are related, but not part of, a wider reorganisation of Local Government with District and County Councils being replaced by new Unitary (single level) authorities. The Government is currently running a...
Housing Minister Puts Three Rivers Local Plan Consultation On Hold
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...
Consultation on relocation of Mount Vernon Cancer Centre
Views are sought on plans to change some specialist cancer services which will affect people who live in Hertfordshire as well as Bedfordshire, North west and north central London, East Berkshire and parts of Buckinghamshire. Public meetings are being held during the...
Community Governance Review
Due to the changes which will happen when Hertfordshire moves to Unitary Authorities, the Parish Council requested that Three Rivers District Council (TRDC) carry out a Community Governance Review (CGR) to look at whether the unparished areas of Heronsgate and parts...
Local Government Reorganisation – Hertfordshire Councils’ Interim Response to Government
The Government has announced that it plans for all councils that currently have two tiers (County and District) to become unitary, with just one level of council. This will impact us in Hertfordshire. The Government required all councils impacted to provide an...
Chorleywood is under threat !
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
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
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 Framework...
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...
Chorleywood Residents’ Association Planning Policy
Adopted at the AGM on 20th May 2020
Recognising that Chorleywood residents have conflicting views on planning applications, the Chorleywood Residents’ Association’s policy is to take a neutral position. The CRA’s Planning team will continue to support all Chorleywood residents with expert planning advice and, if they wish, attend planning committee meetings in support of their case. In doing so they will not put forward any views as being those of the CRA.
CRA’s Planning team has great experience in how local authorities act on planning matters, and regularly attends local, District and Parish, planning meetings. Their independent advice and help is invaluable to Chorleywood residents.
For the avoidance of doubt, all CRA Executive Committee members remain free to submit their own personal comments on any planning application, for or against.
Read the full article and a summary of why we made the change
