Planning

Chiltern Society Trustees have issued an open letter (see below) to local MPs and Councils calling for joined up thinking across all land uses: housing,…

In recent years, local councils have been required to plan for large numbers of new homes in their areas. Target numbers have been calculated using…

Join the campaign – this affects all of us! We’ve joined Grove Fields Residents Association and CPRE Hertfordshire – the Countryside Charity, to fight Redrow plc’s…

The Chiltern Society was delighted to hear just before Christmas that a planning appeal for a development of 450 new homes in the Green Belt…

Hertfordshire Districts Need to Focus on Nature Recovery The Chiltern Society has submitted comments of the South West Hertfordshire Joint Strategic Plan. This is the…

Check out our new story map on Chiltern chalk streams, compiled by one of our volunteers, Susan Holmes. The story map gives a tour of…

The Society has submitted a strong objection to a planning application to Buckinghamshire Council (ref 22/06443/FULEA) for the development of new film studios on Green…

How Many More Planes ? …. The Chiltern Society has just submitted its response to Luton Rising’s statutory consultation on the expansion of Luton Airport.…

The Chiltern Society has responded to a Government consultation on the implementation of Biodiversity Net Gain. This is the mechanism proposed under the Environment Act…

2019 saw the publication of the Glover Review, an independent assessment of the future of protected landscapes in England. The Government have recently consulted on…

The last couple of months have been a busy time for the Planning Group with the Government and local Councils carrying out a number of…

The Environment Agency are currently developing a major long-term flood alleviation scheme covering the whole of the Thames catchment upstream of London. In developing the…

Three Rivers Local Plan – the Society’s final response The Chiltern Society has now submitted its final response on the Three Rivers Local Plan. This…

A consultation has now started on a new Oxfordshire 2050 Plan. This is being prepared jointly by all the local authorities in Oxfordshire to guide…

The Society has today received notification that there is going to be a Public Inquiry in relation to a new motorway service station on the…

The Chiltern Society has submitted a detailed response to the recent consultation on the Dacorum Emerging Strategy for Growth (2020 – 2038). This Plan sets…

Tom Beeston, Chiltern Society Chief Officer, highlights the expansion is just no longer required. He also highlights the plan does not stand up to scrutiny,…

The Chilterns is in danger of losing one of its most historic pubs. Residents of Ley Hill near Chesham are fighting to raise sufficient funds…

The Chiltern Society has today written to Cllr Ron Tindall at Dacorum Borough Council expressing concerns about the Council potentially approving the emerging draft Local…

The Chiltern Society has expressed its opposition to changes proposed to the way the planning system operates in England. These changes are set out in…

The Chiltern Society has submitted a strong objection to the inclusion of a Third Thames Crossing and a North Reading Orbital Route within the Reading…

The Chiltern Society’s Planning Officer has recently participated in the Public Examination for the South Oxfordshire Local Plan. The hearings were the first ones in…

There is currently increasing pressure on the Chilterns landscape and wildlife as a result of proposed new transport infrastructure. As well as the HS2 rail…

The Chiltern Society’s Planning Group has formed a sub-group to consider transport issues across the Chilterns. As part of this, the Society has been engaging…

A new Misbourne Greenway route through the Chiltern Hills for cycling and walking is to be created thanks to a £1.6m grant from the government.…

These awards are a long-established competition run jointly by the Chiltern Society and the Chilterns Conservation Board. Our aim is to encourage the creation of…

The Chiltern Society has commented on the recent consultation on Heathrow Airspace and Future Operations. This forms part of the long term planning for the…

We have written  to all General Election candidates standing  in the sixteen constituencies across the Chilterns region asking them to support our campaign to protect the Green Belt and…

Our Planning Group has recently submitted its response to the Housing White Paper. Within the wide-ranging White Paper, there were some proposals to welcome, including…

A new grouping of organisations across the Chilterns has come together to protect the Green Belt and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) which are…

Did you know that 80% of local authorities in the Chilterns are making plans to build houses in Green Belt because they say there is…

The Chilterns Green Belt and its Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) remain under unprecedented threat from development despite assurances in the new Government White…

Three large areas of Green Belt could be lost this year to housing development around Hemel Hempstead and Tring if current plans are approved. Dacorum…

The Chiltern Society opposes development within the AONB which fails to conserve or enhance the natural beauty of the landscape. The Society also opposes any…

The Chiltern Society has expressed its increasing concern at a “tidal wave” of planning applications which it says seriously threaten the special Chilterns countryside. “The…

A current tidal wave of planning applications seriously threaten our special Chiltern countryside.  Pressures for more dwellings in the Chilterns originate from Central Government planning…

The Chiltern Society is concerned that The Chilterns will suffer permanent damage if the amount of Green Belt being considered by two councils is released…