Evidence Base (archive)
The Spatial Planning Team produce and commission Evidence Base and technical studies to support the development of the Local Plan.
A suite of new Evidence Base documents has been produced to accompany the Draft Local Plan Regulation 19 Pre-submission Publication 2024, which can be seen below.
New Evidence Base Documents Autumn 2024
Reg 19 Local Plan Part A.pdf
Reg 19 Local Plan Part B.pdf
Draft Policies Map 1 of 4 (North-West).pdf
Draft Policies Map 2 of 4 (North-East).pdf
Draft Policies Map 3 of 4 (South-West).pdf
Draft Policies Map 4 of 4 (South-East).pdf
Draft Policies Map with Hertfordshire County Council Waste and Minerals 1 of 4 (North-West).pdf
Draft Policies Map with Hertfordshire County Council Waste and Minerals 2 of 4 (North-East).pdf
Draft Policies Map with Hertfordshire County Council Waste and Minerals 3 of 4 (South-West).pdf
Draft Policies Map with Hertfordshire County Council Waste and Minerals 4 of 4 (South-East).pdf
St Albans Local Plan SA - SA Report 240924_final.pdf
St Albans Local Plan SA - SA Report NTS 240924.pdf
HGC_Delivery Statement 2024_Reg 19_v3.pdf
HGC_Framework Plan - Story Document_July 2024_Low Res.pdf
HGC_Indicative Concept Plan-Scenario D Rev J_2024.pdf
HGC_Framework Plan - Technical Evidence_Appendices_v1.pdf
HGC_Framework Plan - Technical Evidence Report_v1.pdf
HGC_Hemel Strategic Design Code_Reg 19_v1-Draft.pdf
HGC_Transport Vision & Strategy-Executive Summary.pdf
HGC_Transport Vision Strategy v3.4_Endorsed by HCC.pdf
HGC_Hemel Hempstead Modal Shift Study - Full Report - Final Draft 2023.pdf
HGC_Hemel Hempstead Modal Shift Study- Exec Summ - 2023.pdf
HGC_Historic Study Report-F-2023-05-16.pdf
HGC_North Hemel Landscape Study - Main Report Final.pdf
HGC_North Hemel Landscape Study - Appendix A Photographs RevF.pdf
HGC_North Hemel Landscape Study - Appendix B Sensitivity tables.pdf
HGC_North Hemel Landscape Study - Appendix C Wireframes RevG.pdf
HGC_North Hemel Landscape Study - Appendix D Stage 2 Green Belt Review Scores.pdf
HGC_Green Infrastructure Strategy-Final Draft-2024-09-13-LR.pdf
HGC_Socio-economic and Demography Study - Final.pdf
HGC_Higher Education and Research Opportunities - Stage 2 Final Report.pdf
Local Plan Site Selection Methodology Outcomes and Site Allocations.pdf
Local Plan Site Selection - Proforma Methodology Paper.pdf
1. Green Belt Sites Recommended- HGC Proformas.pdf
2. Green Belt Sites Recommended- Broad Location Proformas.pdf
3. Green Belt Sites Recommended- Large Site Proformas.pdf
4. Green Belt Sites Recommended- Medium & Small Site Proformas.pdf
5. Green Belt Sites Recommended - PDL Site Proformas.pdf
6. Green Belt Sites Recommended - Other Site Proformas.pdf
7. Green Belt Buffer Sites Not Recommended to Progress - Part 1 Proformas.pdf
8. Green Belt Buffer Sites Not Recommended to Progress - Part 2 Proformas.pdf
9. Green Belt Buffer Sites Not Recommended to Progress - GBS Recommended.pdf
10. Green Belt Buffer Sites Not Recommended to Progress - CNL Proformas.pdf
11. Urban Sites Recommended - Urban HELAA Proformas.pdf
12. Urban Sites Recommended - UCS Proformas.pdf
13. Urban Sites Not Recommended to Progress - Urban HELAA Proformas.pdf
14. Urban Sites Not Recommended to Progress - UCS Proformas.pdf
2024 Transport Impact Assessment (TIA) INTRO.pdf
Appendix 1 2024 COLNEY HEATH MERGED.pdf
Appendix 1 2024 HARPENDEN MERGED.pdf
Appendix 1 2024 LONDON COLNEY MERGED.pdf
Appendix 1 2024 REDBOURN MERGED.pdf
Appendix 1 2024 ST ALBANS 1 MERGED.pdf
Appendix 1 2024 ST ALBANS 2 MERGED.pdf
Appendix 1 2024 ST STEPHEN MERGED.pdf
Appendix 1 2024 WHEATHAMPSTEAD MERGED.pdf
COMET - 2022-12-02 COMET 7 Forecasting Report_Final_Issued.pdf
COMET - St Albans LP Modelling Report FINAL 30.08.2024.pdf
2024 april 16 St Albans - Modal shift - Final draft report.pdf
Draft Cover Report.pdf
Appendix_1_Hemel_Garden_Communities.pdf
Appendix_2_B3_West_of_Redbourn.pdf
Appendix_3_B6_West_of_London_Colney.pdf
Appendix_4_M2_Hill_Dyke_Road.pdf
Appendix_5_M11_now_OS4_Rothamsted_Research.pdf
Appendix_6_High-Level_HIAs_by_Place_Services.pdf
Appendix_7_High-Level_HIAs_by_SADC.pdf
BNPPRE Local Plan Viability Report - St Albans DC - September 2024.pdf
East Hemel (Central) Site Viability Report September 2024.pdf
East Hemel (North) Strategic Site Viability Report September 2024.pdf
East Hemel (South) Strategic Site Viability Report - September 2024.pdf
East St Albans Strategic Site Viability Report September 2024 .pdf
Glinwell Strategic Site Viability Report September 2024.pdf
Harper Lane Strategic Site Viability Report - September 2024.pdf
North East Harpenden Strategic Site Viability Report September 2024.pdf
North Hemel Hempstead Strategic Site Viability Report September 2024.pdf
North St Albans Strategic Site Viability Report September 2024.pdf
North West Harpenden Strategic Site Viability Report September 2024.pdf
West of London Colney Strategic Site Viability Report September 2024.pdf
West of Redbourn Strategic Site Viability Report - September 2024.pdf
SFRA Level 1 Addendum.pdf
Appendix B - Data Sources.pdf
Appendix C - SFRA User Guide.pdf
Appendix D - Flood History.pdf
Appendix E - Flood Zones.pdf
Appendix F - Impact of Climate Change on Flood Zones.pdf
Appendix G - Recorded Flood Outlines.pdf
Appendix H - Risk of Flooding From Surface Water.pdf
Appendix I - Impact of Climate Change on Surface Water Flood Risk (1 in 30-year).pdf
Appendix J - Impact of Climate Change on Surface Water Flood Risk (1 in 100-year).pdf
Appendix K - JBA Groundwater Map.pdf
Appendix L - Defences, assets, and structures.pdf
Appendix M - Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Seas.pdf
Appendix N - Reservoir flooding.pdf
Appendix O - Flood Warning Areas.pdf
Appendix P - Flood Alert Areas.pdf
Appendix Q Screening - initial.xlsm
Appendix Q Screening sites.xlsm
SFRA Level 2 Main Report.pdf
Appendix B - Mapping User Guide.pdf
UC49 Garage Block rear 18-30 Furse Avenue.pdf
UC46 Garage Blocks adj 76 Oakley Road.pdf
UC43 Garage block west 32-46 Riverside Rd.pdf
UC39 Garage Block to east Heath Close.pdf
UC36 Garages off Park Street Lane.pdf
UC32 Garages off Creighton Avenue.pdf
UC27 Berkeley House.pdf
UC26 Garage Block to Malvern Close.pdf
UC24 Garages Rear of Hill End Lane.pdf
UC17 Garage Block off Cotlandswick.pdf
UC12 Garage Block Hughenden Road & The Ridgeway.pdf
UC10 Garage Block rear 109-179 Hughenden Road.pdf
UC8 Public Hall.pdf
P2 Land at North Orbital Road.pdf
P1 Smallford Works.pdf
OS1 Bricket Wood & South of M25.pdf
Motor Repair Garage, Park Street Lane.pdf
M6 South of Harpenden Lane.pdf
M5 Harpenden STW.pdf
M26 Former Highway Chippings Depot.pdf
M25 Baulk Close.pdf
M20 Lower Luton Road.pdf
Harpenden Station Car Park.pdf
Griffiths Way Retail Park.pdf
Garage Block B off Cotlandswick.pdf
Car Park to the rear of Portman House.pdf
Car Park and Garage Block to rear of Telford Court.pdf
B8 Harper Lane.pdf
B5 Glinwell.pdf
B4 East St Albans.pdf
B3 West Redbourn.pdf
Ariston Works.pdf
Affinity Water, 107 Holywell Hill Road.pdf
50-54 Lemsford Road.pdf
44-52 Lattimore Road.pdf
186 Sandridge Road.pdf
South West Hertfordshire - Local Housing Needs Assessment Report.pdf
South West Hertfordshire - Local Housing Needs Assessment Appendices.pdf
St Albans Open Space Study.pdf
Building Height Control Area_Viewpoint Review - September 2024 - Final.pdf
Landscape Visual Impact Appraisals - Broad Locations - SADC Local Plan Sites_Sept 2024.pdf
PP&C 25 June 2024 - Local Plan Evidence – Education Need and Provision.pdf
Inspectors Letter 2020 – SADC Response September 2024.pdf
GTAA Report.pdf
SW Herts Economic Study 2024.pdf
Habitats Regulations Assessment.pdf
SADC Housing Land Supply Windfall & Capacity Evidence Paper - Sep 2024 V5.pdf
Parking Zones Paper Reg 19.pdf
Meeting the Accommodation Needs of Gypsies and Travellers and Travelling Show people - Evidence Paper.pdf
Statement of Common Ground (overarching).pdf
Chilterns Beechwoods SAC - Evidence Paper - Sep 2024 - Final.pdf
Green Belt and Exceptional Circumstances - Evidence Paper.pdf
ID-021 Elmbridge Interim findings letter final sent to LPA.pdf
Evidence Base Documents for PP&C 23.09.24 (Superseded)
Local Plan Part A – track changes from Regulation 18 version (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Local Plan Part B - Site Allocations – track changes from Regulation 18 version (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Local Plan Part A - for formal Regulation 19 Publication (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Local Plan Part B - Site Allocations - for formal Regulation 19 Publication (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
The draft Policies Map 1 of 4 (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
The draft Policies Map 2 of 4 (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
The draft Policies Map 3 of 4 (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
The draft Policies Map 4 of 4 (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Sustainability Appraisal (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Habitats Regulation Assessment (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Local Plan Site Selection - Proforma Methodology Paper (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Green Belt Sites Recommended - HGC Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Green Belt Sites Recommended - Broad Location Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Green Belt Sites Recommended - Large Site Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Green Belt Sites Recommended - Medium & Small Site Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Green Belt Sites Recommended - PDL Site Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Green Belt Sites Recommended - Other Site Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Green Belt Buffer Sites Not Recommended to Progress - Part 1 Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Green Belt Buffer Sites Not Recommended to Progress - Part 2 Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Green Belt Buffer Sites Not Recommended to Progress - GBS Recommended (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Green Belt Buffer Sites Not Recommended to Progress - CNL Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Urban Sites Recommended - Urban HELAA Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Urban Sites Recommended - UCS Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Urban Sites Not Recommended to Progress - Urban HELAA Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Urban Sites Not Recommended to Progress - UCS Proformas (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
2024 TIA INTRO (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix 1 2024 COLNEY HEATH MERGED (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix 1 2024 HARPENDEN MERGED (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix 1 2024 LONDON COLNEY MERGED (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix 1 2024 REDBOURN MERGED (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix 1 2024 ST ALBANS 1 MERGED (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix 1 2024 ST ALBANS 2 MERGED (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix 1 2024 ST STEPHEN MERGED (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix 1 2024 WHEATHAMPSTEAD MERGED (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
COMET - St Albans LP Modelling Report FINAL 30.08.2024 (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
COMET - 2022-12-02 COMET 7 Forecasting Report_Final_Issued (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
St Albans - Modal shift - Final draft report (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
SADC Infrastructure Delivery Plan (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix A.1 - SADC Infrastructure Schedule (PP&C Version 23.09.24).xlsx
HIA Cover Report (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix_1_Hemel_Garden_Communities (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix_2_B3_West_of_Redbourn (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix_3_B6_West_of_London_Colney (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix_4_M2_Hill_Dyke_Road (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix_5_M11_now_OS4_Rothamsted_Research (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix_6_High-Level_HIAs_by_Place_Services (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Appendix_7_High-Level_HIAs_by_SADC (PP&C Version 23.09.24).pdf
Evidence Base Documents December 2023
Evidence Base Documents August 2023
Evidence Base Documents July 2023
Green Belt Review 2023
Green Belt Review 2013 - 2014
Partly Superseded (to be read alongside the 2023 Green Belt Review)
Older Evidence Base
There is a wide variety of Evidence Base documents produced in recent years that support the Draft Local Plan Regulation 18 Consultation 2023.