"Our aim is to preserve as much as possible of the peaceful green and pleasant countryside,
which has been left to us after the ravages of road and building developments."
Ann Goddard, President EBGBS
which has been left to us after the ravages of road and building developments."
Ann Goddard, President EBGBS
Elle Dani Farm - amendment to original plans
Plans to be reviewed at Planning Meeting 11/7/24.
Click here for further details.
Plans to be reviewed at Planning Meeting 11/7/24.
Click here for further details.
Heathbourne Green - Land South Of Elstree Road And East Of Heathbourne Road Bushey Heath
Planning application: 24/0692/OUTEI
Outline application comprising of:
- a range of types and tenures of C2 and C3 residential units;
- C2 care facilities;
- clubhouse building;
- other buildings and lifestyle facilities providing a range of Class E, F1, F2 and sui generis uses;
- open spaces, park and natural green spaces, play and outdoor sports facilities, community growing facilities and ancillary Class E and F2 amenities;
- a new transport hub and related transport facilities, together with associated vehicular means of access, parking, cycle routes and footpaths;
- infrastructure works to provide drainage, utilities and associated services.
Click here for further details
Planning application: 24/0692/OUTEI
Outline application comprising of:
- a range of types and tenures of C2 and C3 residential units;
- C2 care facilities;
- clubhouse building;
- other buildings and lifestyle facilities providing a range of Class E, F1, F2 and sui generis uses;
- open spaces, park and natural green spaces, play and outdoor sports facilities, community growing facilities and ancillary Class E and F2 amenities;
- a new transport hub and related transport facilities, together with associated vehicular means of access, parking, cycle routes and footpaths;
- infrastructure works to provide drainage, utilities and associated services.
Click here for further details
New Development Proposed on Green Belt land on Barnet Lane!
ACT NOW - Responses required by 13th June 2024!
Have your say today by providing feedback on the consultation by Inspired Villages for a large Integrated Retirement Community on Green Belt land on Barnet Lane, Elstree.
They say they have Very Special Circumstances to build on Green Belt Land but they don't - we must respond.
Click here for further details
Have your say today by providing feedback on the consultation by Inspired Villages for a large Integrated Retirement Community on Green Belt land on Barnet Lane, Elstree.
They say they have Very Special Circumstances to build on Green Belt Land but they don't - we must respond.
Click here for further details
Hertsmere Local Plan
Respond by the deadline
29th May 2024 12 noon!
Objections to the Green Belt sites:
HEL 218 Organ Hall Farm 6.60 hectares, 195 homes
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HEL 152 Lyndhurst Farm 5.20 hectares, 200 homes
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HEL 274 Edgwarebury Farm 7.52 hectares, 100 homes
HEL 1011 Edgwarebury House 0.56 hectares 20 homes
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HEL 212 Land off Watford Road (Cecils Horse Sanctuary), 2.28 hectares, 140 homes - Click here
HEL 197 Barnet Lane (West)(Hartfield Ave)
3.00 hectares, 75 homes - Click here
HEL 209 Land off Barnet Lane (East), 12.63 hectares, 250 homes - Click here
22/1526/FULE1 Adjacent to Sky Studios 15.39 hectares, employment
Plans in for development on Allum Lane Fields including 150 homes, a leisure/community centre and Schopwick Surgery relocation.
Note: this IS NOT in the Hertsmere Local Plan - its an extra threat to Green Belt!
Object by 23rd May 2024
The Allum Lane Green Belt fields are once again under threat from property developers, Endurance Estates, Rangeford Villages and Bidwells.
Their proposal is for the relocation of Schopwick Surgery with expansive medical facilities and a Care Community, comprising 20 bungalows, 130 apartments (2/3 levels) plus a large building housing a swimming pool, studio, gym, 3 treatment rooms, dining room, activity room, salon etc. plus extensive parking. The development is for high end senior accommodation, under leasehold with service charges.
Click here to find out more
Their proposal is for the relocation of Schopwick Surgery with expansive medical facilities and a Care Community, comprising 20 bungalows, 130 apartments (2/3 levels) plus a large building housing a swimming pool, studio, gym, 3 treatment rooms, dining room, activity room, salon etc. plus extensive parking. The development is for high end senior accommodation, under leasehold with service charges.
Click here to find out more
Woodcock Hill Village Green
Last Chance to Appeal to The Supreme Court is available
Deadline is 16th May 2024 - Please donate before this date!
Lawyers working on the WHVG Appeal have put forward a last chance to save the Village Green by going to the Supreme Court.
Click here to find out more.
Deadline is 16th May 2024.
Click here to find out more.
Deadline is 16th May 2024.
Woodcock Hill Village Green Appeal is lost
The Court of Appeal have dismissed the Appeal
We are very sad to hear on 25th April 2024 that WHVG have lost their appeal.
Please click here to read about the decision by the Court of Appeal which was:
1. The Appeal is dismissed.
2. The Appellant do pay the Respondent’s costs of the appeal, to be assessed if not agreed, and capped at £7,500 in accordance with the order of Singh LJ of 7 June 2023.
3. The Appellant’s application for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is refused.
Please click here to read about the decision by the Court of Appeal which was:
1. The Appeal is dismissed.
2. The Appellant do pay the Respondent’s costs of the appeal, to be assessed if not agreed, and capped at £7,500 in accordance with the order of Singh LJ of 7 June 2023.
3. The Appellant’s application for permission to appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom is refused.
What's happening NOW in your local area?
How can YOU help?
Hertsmere Local Plan is now published - HAVE YOUR SAY
You must reply before noon on 29th May 2024
Click here for the Local Plan on the HSB website
The promoted housing and employment sites include the required release of 6.25% of Green Belt land, more than the 'less than 1%' promised prior to the local elections in 2023.
A number of engagement events were held across the borough while the consultation is open(all events 2.30pm to 8pm):
Tuesday 16 April: The Bushey Centre, Bushey.
Thursday 18 April: Shenley Park Chapel, Shenley.
Wednesday 24 April: Wyllyotts Centre, Potters Bar.
Thursday 25 April: South Mimms Village Hall, South Mimms.
Wednesday 1 May: The Radlett Centre, Radlett.
Thursday 2 May: Manor Hotel, Elstree.
Tuesday 7 May: Imperial Place (opposite Civic Offices), Borehamwood.
Click here for more details on this website
Sky Studios - SUCCESS!!
Plans were submitted for a further development on green belt land.
These plans were refused on 21st April 2024.
Click here for more details.
Hartfield Avenue / Barnet Lane - LOSS OF GREEN BELT
The plans to build on the site were refused.
The Appeal by the developers was granted so developers can build 75 houses.
A very bad result for Green Belt.
This site is in the Local Plan 2024.
Click here for further details.
BE6 Barnet Lane - SUCCESS!!!
Planning permission submitted for 220 homes by Barratt homes off Barnet Lane was refused at the HBC Planning Meeting on 11th March 2024.
We expect the developers to go to Appeal.
This site is in the Local Plan 2024
Click here for more information.
Solar Plant - SUCCESS!!
The Solar Plant Appeal turned down by the Planning Inspectorate. Click here for more details
Woodcock Hill Village Green - AWAITING OUTCOME
Court hearing took place on 24th January 2024. Click here for more details.
Organ Hall - AWAITING OUTCOME
Awaiting outcome of revised plans.
Elle Dani Farm, Allum Lane, Elstree - AWAITING OUTCOME
Plans for the development of Elle Dani Farm on Allum Lane, Elstree were published on 23/8/23.
UPDATE: Planning permission pending.
This site IS NOT in the Local Plan 2024.
Click here for more details.
Cecils Horse Sanctuary, Watford Road, Elstree - IN HERTSMERE LOCAL PLAN
Plans for a proposed retirement scheme on the site of Cecils Horse Sanctuary have been submitted by Retirement Villages Group. Cecils Horse Sanctuary have to be out by April 2024 but have not found a local relocation option.
This site is in the Local Plan 2024.
Click here for more information.
Large scale planning application to construct a major Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on the outskirts of Radlett by the developer Chiltern Green Energy. Click here for details from the public meeting on 24th August 2023.
How can YOU help?
Hertsmere Local Plan is now published - HAVE YOUR SAY
You must reply before noon on 29th May 2024
Click here for the Local Plan on the HSB website
The promoted housing and employment sites include the required release of 6.25% of Green Belt land, more than the 'less than 1%' promised prior to the local elections in 2023.
A number of engagement events were held across the borough while the consultation is open(all events 2.30pm to 8pm):
Tuesday 16 April: The Bushey Centre, Bushey.
Thursday 18 April: Shenley Park Chapel, Shenley.
Wednesday 24 April: Wyllyotts Centre, Potters Bar.
Thursday 25 April: South Mimms Village Hall, South Mimms.
Wednesday 1 May: The Radlett Centre, Radlett.
Thursday 2 May: Manor Hotel, Elstree.
Tuesday 7 May: Imperial Place (opposite Civic Offices), Borehamwood.
Click here for more details on this website
Sky Studios - SUCCESS!!
Plans were submitted for a further development on green belt land.
These plans were refused on 21st April 2024.
Click here for more details.
Hartfield Avenue / Barnet Lane - LOSS OF GREEN BELT
The plans to build on the site were refused.
The Appeal by the developers was granted so developers can build 75 houses.
A very bad result for Green Belt.
This site is in the Local Plan 2024.
Click here for further details.
BE6 Barnet Lane - SUCCESS!!!
Planning permission submitted for 220 homes by Barratt homes off Barnet Lane was refused at the HBC Planning Meeting on 11th March 2024.
We expect the developers to go to Appeal.
This site is in the Local Plan 2024
Click here for more information.
Solar Plant - SUCCESS!!
The Solar Plant Appeal turned down by the Planning Inspectorate. Click here for more details
Woodcock Hill Village Green - AWAITING OUTCOME
Court hearing took place on 24th January 2024. Click here for more details.
Organ Hall - AWAITING OUTCOME
Awaiting outcome of revised plans.
Elle Dani Farm, Allum Lane, Elstree - AWAITING OUTCOME
Plans for the development of Elle Dani Farm on Allum Lane, Elstree were published on 23/8/23.
UPDATE: Planning permission pending.
This site IS NOT in the Local Plan 2024.
Click here for more details.
Cecils Horse Sanctuary, Watford Road, Elstree - IN HERTSMERE LOCAL PLAN
Plans for a proposed retirement scheme on the site of Cecils Horse Sanctuary have been submitted by Retirement Villages Group. Cecils Horse Sanctuary have to be out by April 2024 but have not found a local relocation option.
This site is in the Local Plan 2024.
Click here for more information.
Large scale planning application to construct a major Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) on the outskirts of Radlett by the developer Chiltern Green Energy. Click here for details from the public meeting on 24th August 2023.
Your Green Belt needs you!
Join Elstree and Borehamwood Green Belt Society TODAY
From 1st April 2023 membership is only £5 per annum per individual or household (same price but increases our member numbers), although an additional donation is always welcome.
EBGBS are a non political, non profit making society that works to protect the Green Belt land in Elstree and Borehamwood from development, communication with and working in conjunction with local and national like minded organisations.
As a member you will receive regular updates regarding our Green Belt at this critical time.
Click here to JOIN US or RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP
Meet the Committee:
Chair: Dr. Ann Goddard
Acting Chair: Mrs. Pat Strack
Treasurer and Web: Ms. Helen Stammers ([email protected])
Secretary: Ms. Marjorie Davies
Membership: Mrs. Karen Forrester ([email protected])
Planning: Mr. Jonathon Supran
Member: Mr. Clive Butchins
Chair: Dr. Ann Goddard
Acting Chair: Mrs. Pat Strack
Treasurer and Web: Ms. Helen Stammers ([email protected])
Secretary: Ms. Marjorie Davies
Membership: Mrs. Karen Forrester ([email protected])
Planning: Mr. Jonathon Supran
Member: Mr. Clive Butchins
UK Green Belt
The UK Green Belt was formed by law in 1949 to prevent speculative ribbon development around London and other large cities in the United Kingdom. The first records of EBGBS date from 1959 when the battles against building on Woodcock Hill on the south side of Borehamwood started. We have been contesting Green Belt and conservation issues ever since.
If you care about your environment please join us today.