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 – 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...
Fire at The Court
Many residents have raised concerns over what will happen to The Court following the recent fire there. The Court is a Grade 2 Listed Building and is therefore subject to controls over what can be done. In some rare cases, after a significant fire, Historic England...
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 our village, and our lanes are under increasing pressure from the...
Council seeks more land for new Local Plan
Landowners are being asked by Three Rivers District Council to suggest unused urban or greenfield sites to be considered by the council for possible allocation of homes, infrastructure and commercial development. The council is searching for previously developed land...
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...
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...
New Local Plan – Update January 2023
Along with other Residents’ Associations in the district, we have been working hard to convince TRDC to reduce the number of new homes planned for in the new Local Plan so as to protect Green Belt whilst still providing the true number of homes needed to meet local...
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
