Evidence base and Topic Papers for the Single Local Plan
See below for Topic Papers to support the Local Plan Emerging Strategy for Growth (2020-2038) and evidence base documents.
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Topic Papers
Topic Paper - Development Strategy - November 2020 (PDF 1MB)- Topic Paper - Site Selection - Main Report (PDF 2MB)
- Topic Paper - Site Selection - Appendix A (PDF 10MB)
- Topic Paper - Site Selection - Appendix B (PDF 9MB)
- Topic Paper for the Chilterns Beechwoods SAC - Main Report (PDF 2MB)
- Topic Paper for the Chilterns Beechwoods SAC - Summary of Evidence (PDF 10MB)
- Topic Paper Chilterns Beechwoods SAC - Appendices 1 to 16 (PDF 6MB)
- Topic Paper Chilterns Beechwoods SAC - Appendices 17 to 19 (PDF 9MB)
- Topic Paper Chilterns Beechwoods SAC - Appendices 20 to 21 (PDF 9MB)
- Topic Paper Chilterns Beechwoods SAC - Appendices 22 - part 1 (PDF 13MB)
- Topic Paper Chilterns Beechwoods SAC - Appendices 22 - part 2 (PDF 14MB)
- Topic Paper Chilterns Beechwoods SAC - Appendices 22 - part 3 (PDF 13MB)
- Topic Paper Chilterns Beechwoods SAC - Appendices 23 to 26 (PDF 11MB)
- Topic Paper - Housing Policy - November 2020 (PDF 2MB)
- Topic Paper - Transport - November 2020 (PDF 11MB)
- Topic Paper - Climate Change and Sustainability - November 2020 (PDF 1MB)
- Topic Paper - Open Space, Sport and Leisure - November 2020 (PDF 2MB)
- Topic Paper - Employment - November 2020 (PDF 1MB)
- Topic Paper - Green Belt and Rural Area (PDF 1MB)
- Topic Paper - Green Belt and Rural Area - Appendix A (PDF 1MB) - Summarising document
- Topic Paper - Green Belt and Rural Area - Appendix B - Dismissed Growth Options through Issues and Options 2017 (PDF 455KB)
- Topic Paper - Retail and Town Centres - November 2020 (PDF 819KB)
Evidence base documents
Housing delivery
DBC Site Assessment Study - Volume 1 (PDF 1MB)
DBC Site Assessment Study - Volume 2 (PDF 5MB)- DBC Site Assessment Study - Volume 3 - part 1 - pages 1 to 80 (PDF 12MB)
- DBC Site Assessment Study - Volume 3 - part 2 - pages 81 to 115 (PDF 6MB)
- DBC Site Assessment Study - Volume 3 - part 3 - pages 116 to 179 (PDF 11MB)
- DBC Site Assessment Study - Volume 4 (PDF 8MB)
- DBC Site Assessment Study - Addendum - November 2020 (PDF 4MB)
- Custom and Self Build Demand Assessment Framework Final Report (PDF 474KB)
- Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment 2019 (PDF 1MB)
- Traveller Needs Assessment (January 2013) (PDF 932KB)
- Settlement Hierarchy Study Main Report October 2017 (PDF 9MB)
- Settlement profiles paper (PDF 12MB)
- SHMA Final Report - February 2016 (PDF 2.86MB)
- SHMA Executive Summary - January 2016 (PDF 990KB)
- SHMA Appendices (PDF 3.74MB)
- Workshop Report - SHMA and Economy Study - September 2015 (PDF 1.55MB)
- South West Herts Local Housing Needs Assessment Final Report - September 2020 (PDF 2MB)
- Urban Capacity Study - Main Report - November 2020 (PDF 1MB)
- Urban Capacity Study - Appendix A - Review of Existing Housing Allocations (PDF 9MB)
- Urban Capacity Study - Appendix B - Site Assessment Proformas Berkhamsted (PDF 2MB)
- Urban Capacity Study - Appendix B - Site Assessment Proformas - Bovingdon (PDF 1MB)
- Urban Capacity Study - Appendix B - Site Assessment Proformas Hemel Hempstead (PDF 13MB)
- Urban Capacity Study - Appendix B - Site Assessment Proformas Kings Langley (PDF 1MB)
- Urban Capacity Study - Appendix B - Site Assessment Proformas Markyate (PDF 545KB)
- Urban Capacity Study - Appendix B - Site Assessment Proformas Tring (PDF 1MB)
- Urban Capacity Study - Appendix C - Historic Windfall Data (PDF 5MB)
- Urban Capacity Study - Appendix D - Sites with potential for allocation in the new Local Plan (PDF 3MB)
- South West Herts Strategic Housing Market Assessment Report 2016 (PDF 2MB)
Employment development
- Dacorum Employment Land Availability Assessment - Main report - October 2017 (PDF 1MB)
- Dacorum Employment Land Availability Assessment - Appendices A and B (PDF 16MB)
- Dacorum Employment Land Availability Assessment - Appendix C (PDF 8MB)
- Dacorum Tourism Strategy (PDF 269 KB)
- South West Herts Economic Study Update - September 2019 (PDF 5MB)
- South West Herts Economy Study - February 2016 (PDF 12MB)
Retailing and other town centre uses
- Further Dacorum Retail Study - June 2020 (PDF 12MB)
- Retail study survey information (PDF 216 KB)
- South West Herts Retail and Leisure Study - September 2018 (PDF 3MB)
- South West Herts Retail and Leisure Study - Appendices A and B (PDF 14MB)
- South West Herts Retail and Leisure Study - Appendices C and D (PDF 7MB)
- South West Herts Retail and Leisure Study - Appendices E - Scenario 1 and 2 (PDF 10MB)
- South West Herts Retail and Leisure Study - Appendices E - Scenario 3 and 4 (PDF 10MB)
- South West Herts Retail and Leisure Study - Appendices F to J (PDF 3MB)
- Retail Study Update - October 2011 (PDF 2MB)
Climate change and sustainability
- Air Quality Action Plan 2015-2018 (PDF 2MB)
- Water Cycle Study Scoping Study 2010 (PDF 4MB)
- South West Herts Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Main Report - 2019 (PDF 4MB)
- South West Herts Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - River Ver Addendum - May 2020 (PDF 1MB)
- South West Herts Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix A -Dacorum A1 2019 (PDF 11MB)
- South West Herts Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix A - Dacorum A2 - 2019 (PDF 10MB)
- South West Herts Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix A - Dacorum B1 - 2019 (PDF 18MB)
- South West Herts Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix B - 2019 Dacorum (PDF 591KB)
- South West Herts Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix C - Understanding Flood Risk in Dacorum - 2019 (PDF 930KB)
- South West Herts Level 1 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment - Appendix D - Cumulative impacts of flood risk - 2019 (PDF 592KB)
Environment and biodiversity
Habitats Regulations Assessment of the Emerging Strategy for Growth 2020-2038 May 2021 (PDF 5MB)- Habitats Regulations Assessment Desk Study and Site Walkover Survey of the Chilterns Beechwoods SAC May 2021 (PDF 11MB)
- Green Space Strategy 2011 (PDF 9MB)
- Urban Nature Conservation Study March 2006 (PDF 427KB)
- Landscape Character Assessment for Dacorum - May 2004
Infrastructure Planning
- Dacorum Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - November 2020 (PDF 4MB)
- Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - Appendix A - Schedule of Engagement and Consultation (PDF 474KB)
- Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - Appendix B - Berkhamsted Schedule (PDF 649 KB)
- Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - Appendix B - Bovingdon Schedule (PDF 487 KB)
- Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - Appendix B - Hemel Hempstead Schedule (PDF 834 KB)
- Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - Appendix B - Kings Langley Schedule (PDF 485 KB)
- Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - Appendix B - Markyate Schedule (PDF 498 KB)
- Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - Appendix B - Rest of Borough Schedule (PDF 457 KB)
- Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - Appendix B - Tring Schedule (PDF 539 KB)
- Draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan - Appendix C - Impact of Proposed Growth on Medical Services (PDF 699 KB)
Managing development in the countryside
- Green Belt Review - Stage 1 Final Report Part 1 (PDF 5.98 MB)
- Green Belt Review - Stage 1 Final Report Part 2 (PDF 6.68 MB)
- Green Belt Review Final Report - Appendices (PDF 9.24 MB)
- Green Belt Review - Stage 1 Annex 1.1 - Dacorum (PDF 11.4MB)
- Green Belt Review - Stage 1 Annex 1.2 - St. Albans (PDF 12.9MB)
- Green Belt Review Stage 2 - Landscape Appraisal Report (PDF 12MB)
- Green Belt Review Stage 2 - Annex Report 1 (PDF 19MB)
- Green Belt Review Stage 2 - Annex Report 2 (PDF 12MB)
- Green Belt Review Stage 2 - Annex Report 3 (PDF 13MB)
- Green Belt Review Stage 2 - Annex Report 4 (PDF 1MB)
- Green Belt Review Stage 2 - Annex Report 5 (PDF 7MB)
- Dacorum Stage 3 Green Belt Review Final Report (Issue 27 August 2020) - Part 1 (PDF 8MB)
- Dacorum Stage 3 Green Belt Review Final Report (Issue 27 August 2020) - Part 2 (PDF 13MB)
- Dacorum Stage 3 Green Belt Review Final Report (Issue 27 August 2020) - Part 3 (PDF 11MB)
- Dacorum Stage 3 Green Belt Review Final Report Annex A (Issue August 2020) - Part 1 (PDF 14MB)
- Dacorum Stage 3 Green Belt Review Final Report Annex A (Issue August 2020) - Part 2 (PDF 13MB)
- Dacorum Stage 3 Green Belt Review Final Report Annex A (Issue August 2020) - Part 3 (PDF 14MB)
- Dacorum Stage 3 Green Belt Review Final Report Annex A (Issue August 2020) - Part 4 (PDF 6MB)
- Dacorum Stage 3 Green Belt Review Final Report Annex B (Issue August 2020) - Part 1 (PDF 13MB)
- Dacorum Stage 3 Green Belt Review Final Report Annex B (Issue August 2020) - Part 2 (PDF 12MB)
- Dacorum Stage 3 Green Belt Review Final Report Annex B (Issue August 2020) - Part 3 (PDF 6MB)
- Dacorum Borough Landscape Sensitivity Study - Part 1 (PDF 13MB)
- Dacorum Borough Landscape Sensitivity Study - Part 2 (PDF 13MB)
- Dacorum Borough Landscape Sensitivity Study - Part 3 (PDF 13MB)
- Dacorum Borough Landscape Sensitivity Study - Part 4 (PDF 13MB)
- Dacorum Borough Landscape Sensitivity Study - Part 5 (PDF 12MB)
- Dacorum Borough Landscape Sensitivity Study - Part 6 (PDF 13MB)
- Dacorum Borough Landscape Sensitivity Study - Part 7 (PDF 12MB)
- Dacorum Borough Landscape Sensitivity Study - Part 8 (PDF 12MB)
- Dacorum Borough Landscape Sensitivity Study - Part 9 (PDF 8MB)
Delivering great places
- BP5 Urban Design Assessments Update Paper - July 2011 (PDF 3MB)
- Conservation Area appraisals for - Aldbury, Berkhamsted, Bovingdon, Chipperfield, Frithsden, Great Gaddesden, Hemel Hempstead Old Town and Nettleden
- Conservation Strategy 2014-2019 (PDF 1MB)
- Heritage Improvement Strategy - November 2012 (PDF 4MB)
- Urban Design Assessments (2006)
Sustainable transport and connectivity
- Dacorum Local Plan Strategic Transport Modelling Report (PDF 14MB)
- Berkhamsted and Tring Sustainable Transport Study (PDF 10MB)
- Berkhamsted and Tring Sustainable Transport Study - Appendix AB (PDF 9MB)
- Berkhamsted and Tring Sustainable Transport Study - Appendix CD (PDF 9MB)
- Berkhamsted and Tring Sustainable Transport Study - Appendix EFG (PDF 1MB)
- Dacorum 2036 Local Plan Scenario (PDF 10MB)
- Hertfordshire County Council Bus Strategy (2011-31) ( Revised January 2015)
- Hertfordshire County Council Rail Strategy (2011)
- Hertfordshire Local Transport Plan 2011-2031
- Hertfordshire Transport Vision 2050, Herts County Council, October 2016
Healthy communities
- Indoor Leisure Facilities Needs Assessment March 2019 (PDF 6MB)
- Leisure Facilities Strategy May 2019 (PDF 792KB)
- Open Space Study Assessment Report July 2019 (PDF 2MB)
- Open Space Study Standards Paper July 2019 (PDF 1MB)
- Playing Pitch Strategy and Action Plan June 2019 (PDF 2MB)
- Playing Pitch Strategy Assessment Report April 2019 (PDF 3MB)
Since we consulted on the Dacorum Local Plan (2020-2038) Emerging Strategy for Growth we have prepared an annual update of the Playing Pitch Strategy:
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