Watling Street, Radlett Residents in Radlett and Shenley will be given a chance to say next month whether plans, which could help shape the future of their villages, should be formally adopted. Aldenham Parish Council’s Radlett Neighbourhood Plan and Shenley Parish Council s Shenley Neighbourhood Plan are just one step away from being the first documents of their kind to be adopted in the borough. Those living in Radlett and Shenley will vote whether to approve their neighbourhood plan when elections take place on May 6. The neighbourhood plan details a number of policies that help determine whether future planning applications are appropriate for the village.
The report concludes: As well as being generally suitable for employment development, the site is the optimum location to accommodate additional film and studio floorspace. Synergies will be created with the adjacent Sky Studios scheme which cannot be achieved on any other large-scale site in the borough. In overall terms, the site allocation will deliver huge benefits through job creation etc, it will build on the strengths of the TV and film sector in Elstree and Borehamwood and it will allow Hertsmere to capitalise on the expected growth in this sector. The co-location of new TV and film studios will be far more efficient in land use terms and provide a number of benefits in terms of sustainability.
In a letter to the local council, the DIT has said that the proposals “would be warmly welcomed, not at least as Hertsmere has such a rich heritage for film and HETV (High-End TV) production”.
The proposed development, coupled with the neighbouring Sky scheme already being built, will create a film and digital hub to rival anything in the world.
A map of the proposed Hertswood Studios site that has been put forward as a potential site for employment in Hertsmere.
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Plans for the state-of-the-art complex have been submitted for inclusion in Hertsmere Borough Council’s new Local Plan.
A campaign banner to save Woodcock Hill village green Hertsmere Borough Council has joined a campaign to save a village green from potentially being built on. The council s head of planning has formally written to the government planning inspector to oppose a proposal to deregister Woodcock Hill in Borehamwood as a village green. Landowner and housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is offering to create a new green next door to the existing one - but planning chief Ross Whear says the proposed new site is less accessible . The council joins Hertsmere MP Oliver Dowden in publicly condemning Taylor Wimpey s plans, along with more than 3,000 residents who have signed a petition to save Woodcock Hill.
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