Plans for a development of 33 homes and a care home with up to 70 beds have been revealed.

Shaffold Knoll, an area of green belt land next to Nash Mills Village Hall, is the subject of a planning application submitted to Dacorum Borough Council this week.

The developer is seeking outline permission to build a a single care home block near Lower Road as well as a mixture of flats and homes behind it, which would be reached via a new access road.

As an outline application, a further full planning application would be required before the development could go ahead even if it is approved. However, landscaping is the only reserved matter.

Designs include a mix of detached, semi-detached, and terraced homes of varying sizes. Of the 33 properties, 12 would be designated as affordable housing and the proposal states that the layout has been designed to provide adequate parking for the properties and care home.

CGI of how the development would look, submitted alongside the plan.CGI of how the development would look, submitted alongside the plan. (Image: Progress Design/Clovercourt (Sarratt) Ltd/Dacorum Council planning portal.)

Whether the care home would be for 70 single occupiers or a mix including couples “remains to be determined”.

Planning documents cite the appeal decision allowing a 135-home development to go ahead at Rectory Farm in nearby Kings Langley as an example for how a case for very special circumstances to develop in the green belt can be made.

The proposal is currently pending council consideration.