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The SW Herts area.
We, the five local authorities which makes up South West Hertfordshire, supported by Hertfordshire County Council, are working together to produce a Joint Strategic Plan, which will provide a long-term blueprint for the future of the area to 2050.
Our collective ambition is that by working together and over a longer timescale, we will be in a stronger position to deliver and better fund the essential local transport links, health services, educational facilities, homes and employment that local people want to see, as well as ensuring that this part of Hertfordshire is sustainable, cleaner, greener and healthier. By considering the longer-term future of this area as a whole, and by working together, we believe that the opportunities to plan successfully for the future will be greater.
The Joint Strategic Plan will address cross boundary issues and set out high level policies covering:
Reducing the negative impacts of climate change and the amount of carbon we release into the atmosphere.
Identifying needs for key infrastructure, such as schools and new public transport links, where this should go and how it is paid for.
Reflecting important designations such as the Green Belt and Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Establishing long term opportunities for providing new homes and jobs.
Identifying where any large scale growth should be located.
It is important to recognise that in preparing this initial consultation document on the Joint Strategic Plan we don’t yet know the amount of growth needed, or where that growth might be best located.
How does the Joint Strategic Plan fit with Local Plans?
The Joint Strategic Plan will play a very important role in shaping the future of SW Herts, by drawing up a longer term strategy to 2050 which best meets the needs of our area as a whole. This will include identifying where any large scale growth locations should be.
The Joint Strategic Plan will not replace each districts own Local Plan. Each district and borough will still be required to prepare their own Local Plan. Local Plans set out a local council’s policies and proposals for how land will be used and what types of development can happen in that area. Future Local Plans will sit within the framework set by the Joint Strategic Plan and will set out detailed site boundaries and the choice of smaller-scale sites, as well as continuing to guide other day to day planning decisions.
Your views will help shape the future of SW Herts...
The consultation asked for your feedback by answering the question(s) at the end of each section. We firstly asked for your views on the area as it currently is, and then asked for your views on whether you agreed with our draft vision for the future and the types of growth that are the most appropriate for us to consider.
The consultation closed at 5pm on Friday 4th November.
This short video explains more about the Joint Strategic Plan and why we asked for your views.
We, the five local authorities which makes up South West Hertfordshire, supported by Hertfordshire County Council, are working together to produce a Joint Strategic Plan, which will provide a long-term blueprint for the future of the area to 2050.
Our collective ambition is that by working together and over a longer timescale, we will be in a stronger position to deliver and better fund the essential local transport links, health services, educational facilities, homes and employment that local people want to see, as well as ensuring that this part of Hertfordshire is sustainable, cleaner, greener and healthier. By considering the longer-term future of this area as a whole, and by working together, we believe that the opportunities to plan successfully for the future will be greater.
The Joint Strategic Plan will address cross boundary issues and set out high level policies covering:
Reducing the negative impacts of climate change and the amount of carbon we release into the atmosphere.
Identifying needs for key infrastructure, such as schools and new public transport links, where this should go and how it is paid for.
Reflecting important designations such as the Green Belt and Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Establishing long term opportunities for providing new homes and jobs.
Identifying where any large scale growth should be located.
It is important to recognise that in preparing this initial consultation document on the Joint Strategic Plan we don’t yet know the amount of growth needed, or where that growth might be best located.
How does the Joint Strategic Plan fit with Local Plans?
The Joint Strategic Plan will play a very important role in shaping the future of SW Herts, by drawing up a longer term strategy to 2050 which best meets the needs of our area as a whole. This will include identifying where any large scale growth locations should be.
The Joint Strategic Plan will not replace each districts own Local Plan. Each district and borough will still be required to prepare their own Local Plan. Local Plans set out a local council’s policies and proposals for how land will be used and what types of development can happen in that area. Future Local Plans will sit within the framework set by the Joint Strategic Plan and will set out detailed site boundaries and the choice of smaller-scale sites, as well as continuing to guide other day to day planning decisions.
Your views will help shape the future of SW Herts...
The consultation asked for your feedback by answering the question(s) at the end of each section. We firstly asked for your views on the area as it currently is, and then asked for your views on whether you agreed with our draft vision for the future and the types of growth that are the most appropriate for us to consider.
The consultation closed at 5pm on Friday 4th November.
This short video explains more about the Joint Strategic Plan and why we asked for your views.
