Policy information sourced from St Albans District Local Plan
132 Highfield Oval, Future Uses
Proposals for the re-use or redevelopment of land and buildings at Highfield Oval, as shown on the Proposals Map (Sheet 1), will be considered in the light of the following guidance:
- General nature of development, The scale, design, character, intensity and type of use(s) of any proposals for the site should be appropriate to the intrinsic character and appearance of the existing layout of the buildings of the Oval and the Green Belt;
- Buildings to be retained. All original buildings (1912-1913), except the printing school, are to be retained together with one dormitory block (1924), the hospital building (1924) and the chapel (1927);
- Replacement buildings and any new buildings shall have regard to the layout, height, scale and materials of the original buildings. Development will not be permitted outside the part of the site already built up;
- Floorspace, Total floorspace of new and retained buildings must not exceed the existing floorspace;
- Green Belt Boundary. The present Green Belt boundary will be maintained and any development or redevelopment will be limited so as not to compromise retention of the site within the Green Belt;
- Landscape. The landscape setting, in particular the central green, must be retained. Ambrose Wood and Westfield Wood are protected by tree preservation order T.P.O. 1144 and individual trees by conservation area legislation. Good boundary trees and hedgerows should be kept;
- The field to the north-east shall remain open, preferably in recreational use;
- Road access. Development will also be restricted by the low environmental capacity of the local road network. Any necessary minor local road improvements will be at the expense of the developer.
For more information please see the Local Plan