CALA Homes Apply to build 135 New Homes In Kings Langley on Green Belt Land at Rectory Farm

55 Homes are already under construction. 

Cala's Application will bring the total to 190 new homes on Kings langley's green belt 

When Miller Homes applied to build 55 homes on Rectory Farm, the KL&DRA did not object because even though the site is in the Green Belt, the development was on brownfield land (derelict farm buildings) and was a reasonable amount of new homes for our village to accept. We have always maintained that the rest of Rectory Farm must remain as undeveloped green field land. This area of land is an important green space between the A4251 and the Grand Union Canal that defines the edge of our village.

It would be ideal for this area to be wholly turned into a community space that would significantly contribute to the wellbeing of the  residents of Kings Langley and also protect the shape and character of our village by preventing coalescence with Nash Mills.    

Bear in mind Kings Langley is already subject to numerous smaller development sites in various states of progression and the threat of 890 new homes on the Three Rivers side of the village has not gone away.

Kings Langley is taking more than it's fair share of new homes and  Cala's development on our valuable Green Belt is a step too far. Please read our newsletter here for the bigger picture on cumulative developments in Kings Langley. 
We encouraged and supported villagers in responding to Dacorum Borough Council's (DBC) Local Plan which included the allocation of new homes on Green belt land at Rectory Farm. Many other residents within the DBC area also responded by objecting to the proposed sites in the plan and DBC subsequently withdrew the plan and are now reconsidering it.

Now, more than ever, we need residents to respond to Cala's application to build on a significant green field, Green Belt site at the heart of our village. We have been told by the Planning Officer at Dacorum Borough Council that comments will be accepted until the END OF JULY 2022, so there is still time to have your say. Only by getting as many residents to respond as possible, will DBC take notice of the strength of feeling in our village.

To help you respond, KL&DRA are publishing background information and ideas for the grounds on which to comment about the application. Please keep an eye on this webpage for further updates and guidance and also check our Facebook page for updates. If you are a subscriber, we will also be sending updates out via email.

Useful Links:

For Facebook, click here.

For guidance on grounds for comments, click here.

To view the planning application, click here.

If you have any questions, or need any help, please email us at residents@greenbeltmatters.com

13 July 2022