Call for Sites 2023

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The consultation on the Revised Strategy for Growth is now closed.

If you were looking to promote land for development or other uses in Dacorum and want to see it allocated in the new Local Plan, there was an option to submit this information through the survey.

This consultation was the last opportunity for anyone to promote a site to the Council before the Local Plan is finalised in 2024. 

The Council put out a specific call for Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace, or "SANG" for short. This is the term given to greenspaces that are created or enhanced with the specific purpose of absorbing recreation pressure that would otherwise occur at National Sites, such as Ashridge Commons and Woods SSSI (i.e. Ashridge Estate).

New SANGs can be created, or existing greenspaces enhanced to create a SANG, in order to absorb the level of additional recreation pressure associated with new development. 

A good SANG should include the following key principles:

  • Agricultural land / woodland / other natural spaces which has the potential to be converted into high quality public open space.
  • It must be capable of delivering at least a 2.3 kilometre circular walking route that does not cross over itself.
  • It should be very 'natural' in its feel, with limited built development (i.e. houses or other buildings) visible from within the land.
  • It must be secured for a period of at least 80 years.

Further information is available on the Council website here.

If you were looking to promote land for development or other uses in Dacorum and want to see it allocated in the new Local Plan, there was an option to submit this information through the survey.

This consultation was the last opportunity for anyone to promote a site to the Council before the Local Plan is finalised in 2024. 

The Council put out a specific call for Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace, or "SANG" for short. This is the term given to greenspaces that are created or enhanced with the specific purpose of absorbing recreation pressure that would otherwise occur at National Sites, such as Ashridge Commons and Woods SSSI (i.e. Ashridge Estate).

New SANGs can be created, or existing greenspaces enhanced to create a SANG, in order to absorb the level of additional recreation pressure associated with new development. 

A good SANG should include the following key principles:

  • Agricultural land / woodland / other natural spaces which has the potential to be converted into high quality public open space.
  • It must be capable of delivering at least a 2.3 kilometre circular walking route that does not cross over itself.
  • It should be very 'natural' in its feel, with limited built development (i.e. houses or other buildings) visible from within the land.
  • It must be secured for a period of at least 80 years.

Further information is available on the Council website here.