Policy information sourced from St Albans District Local Plan

4 New Housing Development in Towns

Within the towns of Harpenden and St. Albans as defined in Policy 2, there will be a presumption in favour of housing development on:

  • the sites listed in the schedule at the end of this policy and defined on the proposals map (1) Development on these sites should comply with the Planning Guidelines in the schedule;
  • other sites where housing is consistent with the policies of this Plan. Residential development will not be permitted if there is a need to retain land in open use (see Policy 75) or if the land is required for another purpose in accordance with this Plan’s policies and proposals (2). Where comprehensive redevelopment is proposed on existing industrial and warehousing sites (except those listed in Policy 20) the Council may require a housing development (see Policy 24).

The Council will normally seek to negotiate an element of affordable housing on sites of over 0.4 hectares and on sites of under this size where 15 or more dwellings are proposed (see Policy 7A).

Residential design and layout - proposals will be assessed against Policy 70. Schemes for redevelopment in existing residential areas will also be assessed in relation to the cumulative impact of such development on the character and amenity of the area.

Footnotes

(1) Apart from a few sites in the St. Albans City Centre and Harpenden Town Centre Inset Map areas, the sites in the schedule are each expected to produce a net gain of at least 5 dwellings.

(2) Policies 20 and 23 indicate that housing development would be acceptable on some employment sites (ie. Policy 20 sites EMP.11 (part of site only) and EMP.14; Policy 23 sites B1.2A, BI.13 and BI.19). Housing would also be acceptable on part of the site.

  • P.M. = Proposals Map Sheet. See Preface (figure 1).
  • P.P. = Planning Position.
    • U = Site under construction.
    • D = Detailed planning permission, construction not started.
    • 0 = Outline planning permission.
    • E = Estimated sites, i.e. sites without planning permission.
  • Site within Conservation Area. Development must comply with Policy 85.
  • Tree preservation order exists - trees must he protected. Proposals must comply with Policy 74.

Please see table on pages 22 to 28

For more information please see the Local Plan