A former college building in King’s Langley has been demolished to make way for waterside flats aimed at the London commuter market.

Bellway North London aims to release the first homes for sale in November 2022.

Three Rivers District Council had refused planning permission for the scheme, but this was overturned by a planning inspector on appeal.

The development of 65 new one and two-bedroom flats off Home Park Mill Lane Road, will be named Millworks to honour the history of the site.

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Long before the site housed one of West Herts College’s campuses, it was home to paper mills for hundreds of years.

Bellway North London’s sales and marketing director Greg Allsop said: “This is an exciting project which will deliver a stylish collection of modern apartments within a gated community next to the Mill Stream.

“This superb location has everything going for it. The development is within walking distance of the centre of the village with all its amenities and is also a four-minute stroll to Kings Langley railway station for trains into Euston in less than half an hour.

“We also wanted to provide buyers with a sense of rural life, alongside apartment living – not only by providing green open space but also by opening up the Mill Stream within the site and creating on-site waterside open space.

“Because of this, we expect these apartments will prove popular with people who work in London yet want to live in a more semi-rural location away from the hustle and bustle of the capital.”

The five-storey apartment building will also feature mill-style gables and rooflines as an additional nod to the site’s history.

Each apartment will have a private balcony or terrace and allocated parking within the gated development.

The communal area of open space on the site will feature seating and a mix of natural and formal planting, including wildflowers and grassland to provide wildlife habitats.

Bellway North London was granted planning permission on February 28 after a refusal decision by Three Rivers District Council was overturned.

Three Rivers District Council granted outline planning permission to the development in 2019, but rejected the developers’ final plans in February 2021.

The council had concerns about the plans being "overly dominant" and that 72 parking spaces was not enough but a planning inspector felt the proposal was not an "overdevelopment" of the site.

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