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Little Bushey under attack again

Little Bushey under attack again

Friday, September 6, 2024

Little Bushey is under attack again from developers who want to build 700 houses on green belt between Little Bushey Lane and Farm Way.

The site - named Compass Park - by owners, the Masonic Charitable Foundation is coming forward despite the Hertsmere Labour-led administation taking it out of the new draft Local Plan.

All of the land formed part of the Bushey Grange estate which was once home to a mansion and a farm.

The scheme also proposes 50% affordable housing, 70 special beds for older people, a community hub and new green spaces. Space is also reserved for a primary school on Little Bushey Lane despite the drop in the birth rate.

All these community benefits would be needed to prove 'Very Special Circumstances' for developing in the protected green belt.

The scheme, in partnership with one of the country's largest and worst social landlord's, Clarion, using their Latimer brand will be on show at the Metropolitan Sports Club on Thursday 19 September, 2-6 and Saturday 28 September, 10-2. Flyers are also being dropped to local residents.

A planning application is expected to be submitted to Hertsmere in the new year.

Russell Shaw
wrote
Friday, September 6, 2024
Not appropriate or acceptable. This area is already heavily populated and the roads congested. Why do you develop in already populated areas. Find space remote there’s plenty of it. Stop burdening our areas with your fancy schemes that benefit your pocket and not our community.
Kinga C
wrote
Friday, September 6, 2024
Traffic is so bad already around Bushey with this new development plan it will get even worse. <br />People will be stuck for hours in traffic !
Michael Gocman
wrote
Friday, September 6, 2024
This proposal is detrimental to Bushey residents in many respects - will increase local traffic burden, augment existing poor drainage of area and thereby adding to flooding risk. The area is green belt land and designated as such to prevent building developments, to preserve our Bushey countryside. This development isn’t in the local area plan and consequently shouldn’t be considered.
James Hodgson
wrote
Friday, September 6, 2024
Green Belt land is meant to be protected! The plan was shelved because of public concerns about the impact on infra structure, wild life, community resources and so on . Nothing seems sacred when money is involved! <br />
Stewart Stone
wrote
Saturday, September 7, 2024
Absolutely crazy ,Bushey is already over developed the traffic at the end is now completely backed up in the morning and the top end.<br />More cars more pollution mote people parking out of the road because the drive way only hold two cars and they are a family of four .<br />To top it all more noise ,there is enough from the M1 ,A41/A1.<br />
Zoe
wrote
Sunday, September 8, 2024
Totally object to any more building in Bushey. It’s over crowded already! Traffic is horrific, particularly in the mornings and makes getting around frustrating and takes more than double the time it should. No where to park even if you live on a road because Bushey is so small. <br />Green land should be protected. People live in Bushey for green spaces so we can take dogs for walks or just walk ourselves. Building on green land is extremely detrimental to wildlife and also peoples mental well being. This isn’t a city. We do not have the infrastructure to cope with more houses and people. It’s actually incredibly worrying. I do not want to live in a built up area and it’s unfair on the next generation. I don’t want my children growing up<br />in an overcrowded area without green spaces. We must protect Bushey from more building work!
Rajesh pindu
wrote
Sunday, September 8, 2024
They should build a few towers too to make more use of the space. I don’t agree with nimby who cry about every development
DJ
wrote
Friday, October 4, 2024
Road system does not adequately support the current population
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