Designs for 70 homes at Little Furze site approved

Little Furze Primary School in Gosforth Lane, South Oxhey, shut down in 2004 and was left derelict under 24-hour security until it was demolished in 2022.

A portion of the site is being retained by Hertfordshire County Council to provide a 75-bed nursing care home for older people, while outline permission was given for a 70-home development on the rest of the site.

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Diagram of the homes' sustainable features. (Image: Taylor Wimpey)

Construction of the care home got underway last year but no agreement on the details of the homes had been made with Three Rivers District Council until yesterday (July 16) when a decision notice was published.

The approved designs include four one-bedroom flats and 24 two-bedroom flats as well as five two-bedroom, 20 three-bedroom, and 17 four-bedroom houses with their own access roads and parking.

Slightly more than a quarter of the homes are designated affordable housing. The “sustainable” buildings will have electric vehicle charging points, solar panels, and triple glazing and be designed to complement the contemporary look of the care home.

A drawing of how the site would look (from a pre-application stage in April). (Image: Taylor Wimpey) The care home portion of the site being developed in November last year. (Image: Hertfordshire County Council)