Dacorum Borough Council has a responsibility to deliver development that meets the borough’s economic, housing, and community needs. To achieve this, the council plans to accommodate more than 11,000 new homes before 2031.

While much of this growth is directed to existing built-up areas, around 1,550 homes are expected to be provided on new Green Belt sites through local allocations, primarily around Hemel Hempstead.

In 2013, Feria Urbanism organised and led a series of three workshops to help inform these local allocations. Each event brought together a wide range of stakeholders, including residents, community group representatives, county council officers, and landowner representatives, and was observed by Dacorum Borough Council’s planning team.

The workshops explored how land within the allocation areas could be planned to include open space, primary schools with playing fields, streets and connections, drainage and landscape works.