KINGS LANGLEY & DISTRICT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
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LATEST UPDATE:
TRDC Local Plan: The Government has forced TRDC to add into their Local Plan, 7 extra sites, as the number of homes in their original plan draft has been deemed insufficient
This means that TRDC have to publish a revised Reg 19 Local Plan draft for consultation
The new consultation stage provides one more chance to object to the inclusion of Numbers Farm and the RES Site, totalling 500 new homes that will have a huge impact on Kings Langley
KL&DRA are preparing objections based on advice from expert traffic and planning consultants
Read on for more information and what you can do!
We face the danger that Kings Langley and Abbots Langley will merge into one conurbation and our village will no longer be a village!
Three Rivers District Council is expected to publish their new draft Local Plan at the end of this July. There will then be an 8 week consultation period where anyone can write in and comment on the content of the plan.
We are in no doubt that the Government’s changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) will not help us in getting Numbers Farm and the RES Site removed as allocations for housing, but this is our last opportunity to try and we will not back away from that challenge.
For more than 27 years, the KL&DRA has fought to protect the character and setting of Kings Langley and we are not going to stop now. Without the support of you, our residents, we would not have been able to employ the professional consultants we need, in order to be taken seriously when challenging planning applications and Local Plans.
We need your support now to fight this next stage which will significantly determine the future of Kings Langley
Please keep a watch on our blog pages for new updates on the TRDC Local Plan.
Read our latest Newsletter here
To find out more about the latest stage of the TRDC Local Plan and how you can have your say, check out our Blog
Potential development at Hill Farm is now a Planning Application
For more than 25 years, our mission has been to protect and advance the general interests and environment of the residents of Kings Langley and the surrounding district.
Following a community consultation event in November 2024, the Developer has now submitted a planning application to Dacorum Borough Council for 150 homes – the consultation period has now ended and the decision to grant permission or not now rests with the planning officer at DBC.
The application for planning permission at Hill Farm includes: 150 homes, of which 50% will be ‘affordable’; a café; a shop; plus landscaping and a supportive environment (farmstead) for students at Kings Langley Senior School (KLSS) through the provision of on-site learning and therapeutic services in collaboration with Sunnyside Rural Trust. The land in question is situated north of Chipperfield Road.
Don’t be put off by this being an outline application for only the access. The intention is to build 150 homes, a cafe, a shop and school facilities. If this application is granted, then the finer detail will come in a later application, but make no mistake that the aforementioned is what will be built.
We urged residents, on this website and via social media to attend the community consultation event. Sadly, only 150 people attended the two-day event, held at KLSS and a total of just 22 comments were submitted. It is important to note that these comments were submitted to the developer and WILL NOT be considered by the planning officer as part of the planning application. It is good to be able to report that a lot of residents responded by sending in objections to the application via the Dacorum Borough Council planning portal. The application reference is 25/00143/MOA and can viewed by clicking here. A good overview of the proposed development is contained in the document: Design and access statement (last document in the list - click on the icon to the right of the title to view the document).
The KL&DRA oppose this application as it is yet another development on Kings Langley’s Green belt, as was Rectory Farm. It will come at a high cost for our village: more residents without additional infrastructure guarantees; no additional school places; and significant traffic impact, to list but a few consequences. We said Rectory Farm would open the floodgates if approved, and this is what is happening. All is not yet lost, and we hope that the strength of feeling expressed by residents in taken heed of by the planning officer.
To find out more and to understand our view of the probable impacts of this development, please go to our blog here.
Watch out for further information and input from KL&DRA in future blog posts.
For more information on the situation with CALA Homes, at Rectory Farm, click Read more, below.
Our AGM was held on Wednesday 13 November 2024. To view the AGM papers click on Read more.
In December 2017, 99% of respondents to a Poll of Kings Langley residents said they were opposed to development of our village green belt.
The poll took place a month after more than 800 villagers attended an Extraordinary Parish Meeting regarding Dacorum's options for further development in Kings Langley. The vast majority opposed the inclusion of four Green Belt sites in Kings Langley, one of which was Rectory Farm.
For more than 22 years, The KINGS LANGLEY & DISTRICT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION (KL&DRA) has been working tirelessly to preserve the character and historic setting of our village.
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Join the KL&DRA 100 Club
The KL&DRA has a 100 Club to help pay for ongoing expenses such as website charges and internet costs, membership of associated organisations and expenses. Members pay £5 per month for each number by standing order and can have as many numbers as they wish. The total amount received each month is split 50/50 between the Association and the prize fund from which 5 prizes will be drawn. The amount of each prize is a percentage of the total received ranging from 25% for the first prize to 3% for the fifth.
If you would like to support the Association this way please email residents@greenbeltmatters.com with how many numbers you would like and we will send you the membership form and payment details.
100 Club FAQs can be found here and the 100 Club Rules are here.
100 Club results for the May draw
1st Prize: Number 041
2nd Prize: Number 085
3rd Prize: Number 057
4th Prize: Number 037
5th Prize: Number 093
The draw was made by Emma Venters of St. Laura’s Care Home.
1st prize this month: £117.50.
“Help us keep Kings Langley a village and preserve its historic character and setting so that it can continue to be enjoyed by our residents and visitors”
Source: KINGS LANGLEY & DISTRICT RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION
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