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  • Dacorum Local Plan - where do the schools go?
    Article: Dec 3, 2020
    'The one about schools'.
    This map shows the proposed primary schools and secondary schools in VERY APPROXIMATE locations.
    Cllr Uttley literally just put them in the housing allocation area to which they relate. It's like pin the tail on the donkey when you don't cheat!
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    You may also note the stars by the schools north of Grovehill (eastern site). This is because this housing site and all that goes with it is proposed for after 2038 so isn't even in this Local Plan period. There is an awful lot of time for this allocation to change and so it should therefore be consumed with lots of salt!
  • Coverpage of Development Strategy topic paper
    Dacorum Local Plan - the Development Strategy "Topic Paper"
    Article: Dec 2, 2020

    The Development Strategy Topic paper.

    This paper is quite dense (first in a collection of 130 documents published in support of the Dacorum Local Plan), but press on - essentially this is a document which gives context and explains how the Local Plan was formulated.

    Section 3 (local context and challenges) is probably the most interesting part, and Section 5 goes on to discuss why other alternatives were rejected, including lower growth levels, so is also worth a skim.

  • Dacorum Local Plan - the NINE answers you can use to comment
    Article: Nov 29, 2020

    When you come to respond to the Dacorum Local Plan consultation, the response format is a form, with NINE "write your answer in the box and continue on a separate sheet" questions you can answer, in your own words, in order to provide your comments on the Plan.

    These tend to relate, in turn, to particular parts of the consultation documents:

  • How to navigate the Dacorum Local Plan Consultation
    Article: Nov 28, 2020
    How to navigate the Dacorum Local Plan Consultation - your Plain English guide to the supporting documents.
    Stage 1: So, you follow the link and arrive here: https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/.../plan.../new-single-local-plan
    So far, so good. So much text!
    But there's a video. Good place to start? Well, if you want the soft-sell…
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