Local Plan - Saved policies
Under the terms of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the policies in the Local Plan were saved for a period of three years, ending on September 27th 2007.
Hertsmere Local Plan
The Secretary of State (SoS) has confirmed that a number of policies in the Hertsmere Local Plan will cease to have effect from this date.
Hertsmere Borough Council submitted representations to the SoS detailing the policies they wished to see saved. Following consideration of the Council's submission, the SoS has determined that the following Local Plan policies will cease to have an effect as of September 27th 2007:
- H5 - Phasing of Housing Sites
- H7 - Housing Mix
- B9 - Employment Development - environmental and design considerations
- B10 - Small Business Units
- B11 - Homeworking
- T2 - Town and District Centre Regeneration Proposals
- S9 - Gypsies and Travellers
- M4 - Borehamwood Transportation Strategy
- E14 - Listed Buildings - Change of Use
- E15 - Listed Buildings Repairs
- D8 - Telecommunications
- R1 - Monitoring and Review
- R3 - Enforcement
Decisions on planning applications made on or after 27th September 2007, regardless of when the application was submitted, will not be based on or make reference to these policies.
The SoS's determination can be viewed by clicking on the links below.
- Secretary of State determination letter
3 pages 141KB - Secretary of State determination letter - schedule of decisions 7 pages 237KB
Hertfordshire Structure Plan
Those Hertfordshire Structure Plan policies that were saved beyond 27th September 2007 by the SoS are also material in the determination of planning applications, as the Structure Plan continues to form part of the development plan for Hertsmere Borough.
More information and relevant documents relating to the Structure Plan saved policies can be found on Hertfordshire County Council's website by clicking on the link below.