BRAG has signed up to the ‘One Voice’ alliance, with the express aim to show that different areas of Dacorum and groups/organisations stand firmly together against the Draft Local Plan.   “We the Chiltern Society, Chiltern Countryside Group, Grove Fields Residents Association (GFRA), Berkhamsted Residents Action Group (BRAG), Kings Langley & District Residents Association (KL&DRA), Berkhamsted Citizens and […]

Find BRAG’s Full Response HERE If you wish to go through the consultation portal section by section (which really you should) , the full response will hopefully help you formulate your response to each section, though you do not have to respond to every section. However, please do use your own words where you can as your […]

CPRE Herts Facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/cpreherts/ ) has a lengthy post that provides very useful guidance as to a) the importance of responding to the Local Plan consultation, b) how people can respond c) what arguments residents may like to use in response to the Plan proposals. CPRE Herts preliminary review of DBC Local Plan consultation […]

  “Growth Sites” automatically clear the first Planning hurdle by having outline planning permission automatically granted.!!!!!! Download your copy of the BCA DLP Map, show your neighbours – get them involved in the consultation at http://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/planning-development/planning-strategic-planning/new-single-local-plan (Map courtesy of Berkhamsted Citizens)    

https://www.change.org/p/dacorum-councillors-seek-to-urgently-defer-the-consultation-on-the-dacorum-draft-local-plan The Dacorum Draft Local Plan outlines in excess of 20,000 new homes across Dacorum. We would like to defer the Consultation on the Dacorum Draft Local Plan for two reasons: 1. If approval is given on Wednesday 18 November then the Consultation would run for an 8-week period during lockdown and over Christmas which […]

Dacorum Councillors Further to BRAG’s letter dated 9th November, BRAG would like to thank Councillors for taking time to read our letter and especially those who confirmed such in emails. BRAG would like to take the opportunity to respond to all Dacorum Councillors regarding a few points made in some of those replies. It is […]

Dacorum Councillors   Draft Local Plan 2020-2038 Consultation Berkhamsted Residents Action Group (BRAG) has detailed knowledge of Berkhamsted and has been pro- actively involved in the planning strategy for the Town for the last 10 years. We were actively involved and worked alongside the Planning team on the preparation and examination of the 2013 approved […]

Re: Dacorum Local Plan 2020-2038 Dear Councillors, We are writing to you as a member of the Strategic Planning and Environment OSC in advance of your meeting on 23 September 2020. There are a number of major concerns listed below arising from the draft consultation paper you will be considering under item 6 of your […]

Dear Member, It has been a long time since we have been in touch because there has been nothing to act on – Dacorum haven’t even bothered to properly analyse and respond to the 2017 Options consultation, while they have blatantly ignored any of our responses when formulating the new Draft Local Plan which is […]

St Albans City & District have just closed their consultation on their proposed local plan. In it they propose to expand Hemel Hempstead into their District to the tune of 5500+ new homes (all on Green Belt and representing 44.9% of planned development in their plan), despite the fact that Hemel Hempstead is a Dacorum […]

CPRE Herts Calendar Featuring “South Berkhamsted” for September   For details on how to get your copy go to:   http://www.cpreherts.org.uk/shop-sp-85113922/calendar/item/2522-hertfordshire-countryside-under-threat-2019-calendar   All the land featured in the calendar are Greenbelt sites currently under threat and it is an excellent initiative to highlight the problem across Herts.

James Doe is the Assistant Director for Planning, Development and Regeneration at Dacorum Borough Council.   (Full DeeTV article can be found here: http://www.deetv.tv/in-your-area/berkhamsted/#south-berkhamsted-concept) Yes that is correct, you heard right – the man in charge of DBC planning believes that the numbers being proposed in the current consultation are “too much for the town“. At […]

Five years ago David Gauke spoke out about how inappropriate and damaging the proposed South Berkhamsted Concept development would be. Not only did the MP for South West Hertfordshire make it clear in letters to constituents (see below) but he also appeared on DeeTv with a thoughtful, well reasoned and coherent message. (Full DeeTV article […]

For those not wishing to answer questions on DBC’s portal and find the process complicated, BRAG offers sample text that could form the basis of you response highlighting some of the most significant points. Naturally, you should amend and add as you wish and this text is offered simply to help residents formulate their own […]