Over the years DEF has responded to formal consultations that are set up from time to time by bodies such as Dacorum District Council, and it has also made representations at other times to such bodies and to individuals such as our Members of Parliament. Below is a summary table of a selection of these, latest first. Click on a document in any table entry in order to view it.

DATE DOCUMENTS
2021
February DEF response to New Local Plan Consultation
2020
December DBC New Local Plan
DBC Part 1 pp 1-187 - Emerging Strategy For Growth 2020-2038 
DBC Part 2 pp 188-261 - ditto Delivery Strategies
DBC Part 3 - pp 262-297 - ditto Hemel Proposals and Sites including Garden Communities
DBC Part 4 - pp 298-359 - ditto Berkhamsted and Tring Proposals and Sites
DBC Draft Proposals Map 1 page
DBC Sustainability Appraisal Report Appendices including B.8 on Water and Site assessments 335 pages
DBC Sustainability Appraisal Report non Technical Summary including assessment of Options 25 pages
DBC Sustainability Appraisal Report by TRL consultants including reason for selected Option 70 pages
DBC Supporting Information including FAQs 22 Pages
DBC Summary Document 20 pages
DBC Consultation Comments Form 12 Pages
DBC Topic Paper - Housing Policy Demand and Supply 158 pages
DBC Topic Paper - Housing Policy History including rejection of alternatives 69 pages
DBC Topic Paper - Green Belt and Rural Area 76 Pages
DBC Topic Paper - Site Selection - National Planning Guidance vs Green Belt releases 66 pages
DBC Topic Paper - Site Selection Appendix A - first round - includes decent maps 52-pages
DBC Topic Paper - Site Selection Appendix B - second round - more detail for 36 sites with decent maps 91-pages
DBC Topic Paper - New Local Plan Effect on Chilterns Beechwoods - Main Report-35 Pages
DBC Topic Paper - Transport 111 Pages
DBC South West Hertfordshire Strategic-Housing Market-Assessment Executive Summary 15 pages
DBC ARUP Consultants Stage 2 Green-Belt Review and Landscape Appraisal - 2016 - 195 Pages
DBC Example of Site Assessment Study by AECOM Infrastructure-Environment UK-Limited - Includes North Hemel 56 Pages
DBC Topic Paper - Green Belt and Rural Area-Appendix A Ranking of Green Belt Sites 38 Pages
DBC Topic Paper - Climate Change and Sustainability 48 Pages
Schedule of Site Appraisals Draft October 2017
Dacorum NLP "Alert" letter from CPRE Herts
2019
20th Aug Parking Standards
9th May Hemel Garden Communities Charter
2018
12th Oct Gadebridge Park River Restoration
30th Sept South West Herts Growth and Transport Plan Consultation
 2017
20th May DBC Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report
11th Dec DBC New Local Plan Issues and Options Consultation
2016
October DBC Development Plan Document public examination
Appendix A (DEF response to LA3 Master Plan 2014 - text extracts)
Appendix B (Map from Borough Plan 1996)
Appendix C (LA3 site view from Boxmoor Trust barn)
2015
October 2015 Core Strategy Focused Changes
2014
October LA3 Master Plan 2014 - as posted
2011
October Pre-Submission-Core-Strategy-2011