Bushey and Radlett sites eyed for almost 6,000 new homes

On Tuesday evening (April 7) the council published a consultation document revealing sites for inclusion in the council's formal response to Westminster housing targets.

Some of the sites mentioned have already been eyed for housing, while others are newly targeted as the council looks to tackle the national housing crisis.

A total of 3,054 homes could be built in Bushey, while Radlett could get an extra 2,904.

In Bushey the biggest possible development is on land south of Elstree Road, where 1,300 new homes could be on the way.

Harts Farm in Bushey, where 350 homes have already been approved (Image: Little Bushey Community)

The largest potential development in Radlett is at Home Farm, a newly identified site that could have 1,040 houses built on it.

Plans for 350 homes have already been approved for the former Bushey Hall Golf Course, while an application for 280 homes at the Harts Farm site in Little Bushey Lane was refused by councillors last month. Both feature in the new document.

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The full list of sites included is as follows:

Bushey

• Car Park, Kemp Place - 17 homes
• High Road - 19 homes
• Land at Little Bushey Lane (east) - 280 homes
• Land rear of Farm Way (north - 802 homes
• Land at Elstree Road (south) - 1,300 homes
• Bushey Golf and Country Club - 286 homes
• Bushey Hall Golf Course - 350 homes

Radlett

• Regency House, Land at 205 Watling Street - 20 homes
• Railway Cottages - 37 homes
• Land North of Watford Road and East of Kemprow - 972 homes
• Land South of Watford Road and West of New Road - 450 homes
• Land South of Shenley Hill - 195 homes
• Home Farm - 1040 homes
• Starveacres and Land to the West of Starveacres - 190 homes

This week's publication of documents is a key step for Hertsmere's local plan and comes ahead of an extraordinary full council meeting on Wednesday (April 15).

Following this meeting, a formal consultation will begin, allowing the public to have their say.

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A local plan is the key planning document which outlines how and where new housing and other infrastructure can be built in the district.

The importance of these plans has been heightened since 2024's General Election, which saw the elected Labour government pledge to "get Britain building", ramping up housing targets for local authorities across the country.

Council officials will be hoping Hertsmere's local plan process is smoother than that of neighbouring Three Rivers District Council, which has been put on ice after the government intervened. Just one day before the plan was set to go to the final round of consultation ahead of planning inspectorate examination, the housing minister stepped in to halt the process.

Matthew Pennycook MP said he had “little confidence” in the documents, which met just 56 per cent of the government’s target number of houses, and asked to see the evidence used to draw them up.

Matthew Pennycook MP Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Image: Richard Townshend/UK Parliament)

TRDC has since submitted documents to the minister, including a 10-page summary urging him to let the plan proceed.