Croxley residents have shared their concerns over a new planning proposal for up to 600 homes to the north of the village.
On the fields located near Little Green Lane and the left of Rousebarn Lane, which are designated as a greenbelt site, developers are proposing a major new residential area.
The plans also include a GP surgery, a primary school, dedicated green space and associated infrastructure.
Though the application has yet to be put forward, residents have been made aware of the proposals due to the developers putting in a successful request to Three Rivers District Council for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening. All 11 public comments on the screening application were objections.
One resident stated: “With the Killingdown Farm development and the Croxley Danes School build there has already been a massive depletion of natural environments for wildlife in the area. Building on this site will change the face of Croxley immensely.”
Another Croxley villager, Ellie Gardener, told Croxley News: “The roads around Croxley are already busy and there is not enough infrastructure to support the current level of housing.”
The agent for the development, Paul Hill, said: “We are at a very early stage of looking at the proposals for the site, which was previously recommended for development by the Local Plan Officers at Three Rivers District Council as part of the Local Plan review process. All we have undertaken at this stage is to submit an EIA screening request, which is a technical process to establish whether an EIA is required. The council has subsequently confirmed it is not. Should the developers Richborough and the landowners look to submit a planning application in the future, this would be subject to a full public consultation exercise in advance of any planning application being submitted.”
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