Key Documents
On this page you’ll find a range of key documents that are informing the preparation of the South West Hertfordshire Joint Strategic Plan.
Further studies and documents will be prepared by the Councils as work on the JSP progresses. As additional material becomes available it will be published and added to this page.
Document | Overview | Downloads |
| Vision documents | ||
| Final Vision Document | A shared vision and set of principles that will be used to inform the JSP as it progresses. | |
| 'Realising our Potential' consultation documents (2022) | ||
| Regulation 18 Communications and Engagement Plan | A Communications and Engagement Plan has been jointly prepared by the South West Herts authorities and sets out the approach to cross authority engagement, and in particular the ways we will help promote the South West Herts ‘Realising Our Potential’ document. This Plan elaborates on the approach to consultation set out within the adopted Statement of Community Involvement (SCI). | |
| South West Herts - Your Future | Before preparing the Plan, we wanted to get a better understanding from those who live and work locally about what they like about the area now and what we should be prioritising as we look to shape the future. To help with this we carried out a ‘SW Herts Your Future’ poll in early 2020. This report summarises the feedback from this engagement. | |
| 'Realising our Potential' Consultation Report | These consultation reports summarise the engagement undertaken on the ‘Realising Our Potential’ (Regulation 18) document. Part 1 of the report sets out the range of engagement undertaken and Part 2 of the report summarises the responses received and the changes to the Joint Strategic Plan vision and principles recommended as a result: |
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| Sustainability Appraisal | ||
| Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report - November 2023 | This Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report has been updated to reflect feedback received through the 'Realising our Potential' consultation and to ensure it reflects the final endorsed vision and supporting principles. | |
| Technical work | ||
| Position Statement - South West Hertfordshire Water Infrastructure Needs | The purpose of this position statement is to outline the current position with regard to infrastructure needs for both potable water and wastewater across South West Hertfordshire and consider whether there are any expected ‘showstoppers’ with regard to supporting expected growth levels. | |
| SW Herts Strategic Infrastructure Baseline Study | An assessment of the current position regarding key strategic infrastructure and the role that the JSP could play in enabling and coordinating future provision. | |
| Technical Note - Establishing a South West Hertfordshire Settlement Hierarchy | The purpose of this note is to establish a South West Hertfordshire Settlement Hierarchy that will inform the preparation of the South West Hertfordshire Joint Strategic Plan (JSP). It reviews and reflects the Settlement Hierarchy studies produced to date at district level. | |
| Climate resilience study | A report setting out the approach being taken in current / emerging Local Plans regarding climate change and advising how we could help address these issues at a more strategic level through the JSP. | |
| Developing a Vision | We have drawn up a draft vision for South West Herts. This was prepared by the South West Herts authorities with input from Members, officers, key external stakeholders and a youth forum, to help inform development of our vision for SW Herts. This draft vision has helped informed the South West Herts Joint Strategic Plan (SW Herts JSP), ‘Realising Our Potential’ document and final agreed vision and principles. | |
| Other supporting documents | ||
| JSP Update - May 2023 | A short document that provides an update and overview of the JSP - as of May 2023. | |
| FAQs | A summary of frequently asked questions relating to the Joint Strategic Plan. | |
| Topic Papers | This series of topic papers was prepared to support the South West Herts Joint Strategic Plan (SW Herts JSP), ‘Realising Our Potential’ document. They are intended to elaborate and explain the issues covered in the document on a thematic basis. Their coverage and the range of topics will be expanded as we move through the plan-preparation process. |
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| Statement of Community Involvement | The formal document that sets out our approach to carrying out consultation on the Joint Strategic Plan. | |