The East Herts District Plan 2018

The plan will aim to provide new homes, new jobs, new facilities and infrastructure across the District. It also contains Development Management policies that will be used to determine planning applications.

District Plan Contents

The Council adopted the District Plan at an Extraordinary Council on the 23 October 2018.

The District Plan now holds full weight in the determination of planning applications.

The Adoption Statement [113KB]

The District Plan October 2018 [4MB]

The District Plan document can be broken down into the following parts and chapters

Part 1

• 1. Introduction [142KB]
• 2. Vision and Strategic Objectives [159KB]
• 3. The Development Strategy (DPS Policies) [183KB]
• 4. Green Belt and Rural Area Beyond the Green Belt (GBR Policies) [141KB]
• 5. Bishop's Stortford (BISH Policies) [1MB]
• 6. Buntingford (BUNT Policies) [315KB]
• 7. Hertford (HERT Policies) [500KB]
• 8. Sawbridgeworth (SAWB Policies) [370KB]
• 9. Ware (WARE Policies) [313KB]
• 10. Villages (VILL Policies) [268KB]
• 11. The Gilston Area (GA Policies) [337KB]
• 12. East of Stevenage (EOS Policies) [297KB]
• 13. East of Welwyn Garden City (EWEL Policies) [470KB]

Part 2

• 14. Housing (HOU Policies) [222KB]
• 15. Economic Development (ED Policies) [220KB]
• 16. Retail and Town Centres (RTC Policies) [159KB]
• 17. Design and Landscape (DES Policies) [183KB]
• 18. Transport (TRA Policies) [154KB]
• 19. Community Facilities, Leisure and Recreation (CFLR Policies) [191KB]
• 20. Natural Environment (NE Policies) [173KB]
• 21. Heritage Assets (HA Policies) [171KB]
• 22. Climate Change (CC Policies) [155KB]
• 23. Water (WAT Policies) [164KB]
• 24. Environmental Quality (EQ Policies) [154KB]
• 25. Delivery and Monitoring (DEL Policies) [143KB]

• Appendix A - Key Diagram [258KB]
• Appendix B - Strategy Worksheet [135KB]
• Appendix C - Glossary (NPPF 2012) [200KB]
• The SA Adoption Statement [531KB]
• Sustainability Appraisal Report Addendum - Main Modifications District Plan, 2018 [9MB]
• Sustainability Appraisal of the Pre-Submission District Plan, 2016 [1MB]
• Sustainability Appraisal of the East Herts District Plan - Interim SA Report, 2014 [1MB]
• Sustainability Appraisal - Core Strategy Issues and Options, 2010 [2MB]
• Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report, 2010 [11MB]

The Policies Map can be accessed online: East Herts Online Mapping. 

Previous Stages of the District Plan

The Secretary of State issued a Holding Direction on the 11th September, which was subsequently lifted on the 12th October.

A 6-week public consultation was undertaken between 15th February and 29th March. To view the Main Modifications Consultation information please click the following link: District Plan Main Modifications Consultation.