News and Updates

The Inspectors are running four consultations on recently submitted documents. For further information please see the Consultation on Examination Documents page.

At the round-up of the hearing sessions the Inspectors asked the Council to submit a number of notes. These are now available in the Examination documents at DBC/ED53 through to DBC/ED56. There is also an addendum to the SoCG between Dacorum & Central Bedfordshire (DBC/ED57), a note on suitable alternative Natural Greenspace in Markyate (DBC/ED58) and a note on the Council’s position in relation to the allocation Tring (Tr03) (DBC/ED59) following refusal of the planning application.

The Inspectors have agreed to extend the deadline for the Council to submit the notes on Housing Land Supply and Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation from 24th April 2026 to 5.00 pm on Monday 27th April, 2026.

Please see examination document DBC/ED51 for the next steps in the Examination of the Dacorum Local Plan following the recent hearing sessions.

Following the hearing session on Tring, the Council have submitted a note on Suitable Alternative Greenspace (SANG) in Tring, which can be viewed at DBC/ED50 in the Examination documents.

The responses to the Inspectors’ targeted consultation are now available on the Consultation on Examination Document DBC/ED49 page.

An updated Statement of Common Ground between the Council and Sports England has been submitted and can be viewed on the Consultation page with the Council’s statement, and also in the Examination documents at DBC/ED48A.

The matters for discussion in the afternoon session on 24th March (Allocations at Grange Farm Bovingdon and London Road Markyate) have been moved to the morning session on 24th March. Please see the latest Programme and Participants V.11 on the hearing sessions page for further information.

The Inspectors are running a consultation on Sport England’s latest position on the site allocation Hm11 Shendish Manor and Fairfields. For further information please see the Consultation on Examination Document DBC/ED49 page.

At the hearing session today the Inspectors accepted a late submission from Sport England concerning their SoCG with Dacorum Borough Council in relation to site allocation Hm11 Shendish Manor. Please see DBC/ED49 in the examination documents.

Addendums to Statements of Common Ground submitted earlier in the examination in relation to some of the site allocations have also been submitted and can be viewed at DBC/ED14A (Bk03 and Bk04), DBC/ED15A (Hm06), DBC/ED19A (Hm11), DBC/ED21A (HM16) and DBC/ED24A (Tr03).