Five major planning applications in and around Watford

They include proposals for a 1,300-home "intergenerational" estate in Bushey, and 135 homes on green belt in Kings Langley which were approved upon appeal by the government planning inspectorate.

Read the full list below:

Chorleywood 

Plans have been submitted for 675 homes and a two-form entry primary school on the 55.8-acre site in Chorleywood.

An overview of the proposed housing development in Chorleywood. (Image: Savills/Google Maps) The developer was previously eyeing the plot for 800 properties, but withdrew its appeal to the planning inspectorate last year after the application was first refused by Three Rivers District Council. 

Since April, the application has received 591 public comments with 586 objections and only one in support.

Rectory Farm

The government gave the green light to plans for 135 homes in Rectory Farm, Kings Langley, after a four-day inquiry in May.

The Rectory Farm site from above. (Image: KL&DRA) An appeal was launched after Dacorum Borough Council blocked the green belt development last October and residents vowed to “fight all the way”.

The planning inspectorate concluded that very special circumstances exist to allow the development, particularly the area’s “chronic under supply of housing and staggering levels of affordability”.

Heathbourne Green

Bushey could be set for 1,300 more homes after plans for a major “intergenerational” development were submitted in June.

An overview of the 1,300-home plan submitted to Hertsmere Borough Council. (Image: Trulocom) Care home operator Trulocom has applied for permission to redevelop a 93-acre plot to the east of Heathbourne Road, with 70 per cent of the homes designed for elderly people or those needing care services.

Residents said they were “shocked and appalled” by the plans as they raised concerns of the loss of green belt and merging of the town with the outskirts of London.

Nash Mills

Plans for a development of 33 homes and a care home with up to 70 beds outside Watford were recently unveiled.

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

Shaffold Knoll, an area of green belt land next to Nash Mills Village Hall, could see a single care home block built near Lower Road as well as a mixture of flats and homes.

The new estate would have a mix of detached, semi-detached, and terraced homes of varying sizes, of which 12 would be designated as affordable. 

Bushey Hall Golf Club 

Plans for up to 400 homes at the former Bushey Hall Golf Club are expected to come forward soon.

The rough site boundaries for the potential application. (Image: Google Maps/Canva)

The landowner and developer Griggs Homes are holding a pre-application community event where people can share their views at the Metropolitan Bushey in Aldenham Road, from 3pm to 7pm on July 10, as they look look to redevelop the course.

The former golf club, which closed in 2019, could see a mix of housing built with 70 per cent designated as affordable, as well as a community hub and land safeguard for a six-form entry secondary school.