Evidence Base

East Herts Council has collated an evidence base to support the District Plan and to inform planning decisions. These documents themselves do not form the Council's Planning Policies.

Technical work is often undertaken on a district wide basis or in partnership with neighbouring authorities and in some instances the work is prepared by independent consultants acting on behalf of the Council.

Community Facilities

 

DocumentAuthor/SourceYear

Part 1: Open Spaces and Sports Facilities Assessment Technical Study- Background and Context [2MB]

Part 2: Open Spaces and Sports Facilities Assessment Technical Study- Built Facilities Strategy [33MB] Appendices [1MB]

Part 3: Playing Pitch Strategy [2MB] Executive Summary [562KB]

Part 4: Open Spaces Assessment [6MB] Appendices [28MB]

Nortoft2017
Bishop's Stortford North Section 106 Sports Investment Strategy [1MB]Ploszajski Lynch2015

 

Employment and Retail

 

DocumentAuthor/SourceYear
Hertford and Ware Employment Study [3MB]Wessex Economics2016
Economic Evidence to Support the Development of the OAHN for West Essex and East Herts [2MB]Hardisty Jones Associates2015
Buntingford Employment Study [1MB]Wessex Economics2014
Retail and Town Centres- Critical Friend Appraisal [720KB]Peter Brett Associates2014
Retail and Town Centres Study (update) [14MB]Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners2013
Town Wide Employment Study for Bishop's Stortford [3MB]Wessex Economics2013
Employment Land Review Update [7MB]East Herts2013

 

Environment 

 

DocumentAuthor/SourceYear

East Hertfordshire Level 1 and 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment- Addendum [1MB]

Appendix A- Historical Flood Mapping [44MB] Appendix B- Flood Zones [47MB]

JBA Consulting2017

East Hertfordshire Level 1 and 2 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment [8MB]

Appendix A- Water Courses [44MB] Appendix C- Climate Change [44MB] Appendix D- Surface Water Flooding [56MB] Appendix E- Ground Water Flooding [50MB] Appendix F- Flood Warning Coverage [56MB] Appendix G- Reservoir Mapping [56MB] Appendix H- JFlow Technical Summary [337KB] Appendix I- Level 2 Summary [5MB]

JBA Consulting2016
East Hertfordshire Strategic Flood Risk Assessment- Sequential and Exception Test Technical Note [334KB]JBA Consulting2016
Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) [3MB]Aecom2016
Panshanger Park and Environs Heritage Impact Assessment [61MB]Beacon Planning2016
Wildlife Sites Inventory [1MB]Hertfordshire Biological Records Centre2013
Green Infrastructure Plan [9MB]Land Use Consultants2011
Hertfordshire Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Technical Study [63MB]Aecom2010

 

Green Belt

 

DocumentAuthor/SourceYear
East Herts Green Belt ReviewPeter Brett Associates2015

 

Housing and Population 

 

DocumentAuthor/SourceYear
Updating the Overall Housing Need- Based on 2014-based projections for West Essex and East Herts [606KB]ORS2016
Impact of Formation Rates on OAN- Based on ONS proposed changes to household projections [621KB]ORS2017

Strategic Land Availability Assessment (SLAA)

East Herts Web Map 

East Herts Council2016
Village Hierarchy Study [488KB]East Herts Council2016
Affordable Housing Needs Assessment UpdateORS2022
Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment (GTANA)ORS2022
Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA) [8MB]ORS2015
First Homes Policy StatementEast Herts Council2022
Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Showpeople Identification of Potential Sites Study [15MB]Peter Brett Associates2014

 

Infrastructure and Delivery

 

DocumentAuthor/SourceYear

Hertfordshire Infrastructure & Funding Prospectus 2018-2031 [19MB]

Executive Summary [763KB]

Hertfordshire County Council2019
Infrastructure Delivery Plan (IDP) [5MB]East Herts Council2017
Delivery Study- Plan Viability, Affordable Housing and CIL [8MB]Peter Brett Associates2015
Delivery Study- Strategic Sites [7MB]Peter Brett Associates2015

 

Settlement or Site Specific

 

DocumentAuthor/SourceYear
Bishop's Stortford Settlement Appraisal [1MB]East Herts Council2016
Buntingford Settlement Appraisal [355KB]East Herts Council2016
Hertford Settlement Appraisal [2MB]East Herts Council2016
Sawbridgeworth Settlement Appraisal [1MB]East Herts Council2016
Ware Settlement Appraisal [958KB]East Herts Council2016
Villages Settlement Appraisal [365KB]East Herts Council2016
The Gilston Area Settlement Appraisal [1MB]East Herts Council2016
East of Stevenage Settlement Appraisal [2MB]East Herts Council2016
East of Welwyn Garden City Settlement Appraisal [695KB]East Herts Council2016
Bishop's Stortford Town Centre Planning Framework [85MB]Allies and Morrison2017

Hertford Town Centre Urban Design Strategy [13MB]

Retail Needs and Opportunities in Hertford Town Centre [1MB]

Baseline Movement Appraisal [6MB]

Tibbalds2016