Examination Documents

Letter from Council to Inspector concerning Main Modifications [154KB]

Inspector's Note 1 to Council relating to Housing [46KB]

Letter from the Council to Inspector setting out timetable for additional OAN work requested at 7 (E) in ED102 [264KB]

Updated Statement of Common Ground between East Herts Council and Gowling WLG Trust Corporation Limited- HERT4 North of Hertford [576KB] - A list of all the Statements of Common Ground including any updated versions can be found at: Statements of Common Ground

Council Answers to Inspectors Note 1 (ED102) [382KB]

MOU between East Herts Council and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council [356KB]

MOU between East Herts Council, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and Hertfordshire County Council- Birchall Garden Suburb [1MB]

Thames Water Greater Harlow Position Statement (update on examination library document IDM/004) [92KB]

East Herts Statement of Accordance with Hertfordshire Local Nature Partnership Principles [116KB]

Hertfordshire Local Nature Partnership response to ED109 [4MB]

West Essex and East Hertfordshire SHMA: Affordable Housing Update [1MB]

West Essex and East Hertfordshire SHMA: Establishing the full Objectively Assessed Need [1MB]

Summary of alternative Objectively Assessed Need assessments submitted at regulation 19 [478KB]

Inspector's Note No. 2 on Housing and questions for the Council [50KB]

Note of Programme Officer Meeting with MP Mark Prisk and Gilston Area Groups [28KB]

PO Notification of the hearing sessions to all respondents of Regulation 19 Consultation [74KB]

Inspectors Matters and Issues- Part 1 [89KB]

Inspectors Guidance Note [102KB]

Inspectors Draft Programme for Part 1 of the hearing sessions [51KB]

Council's response to Inspector's Note No. 2 [454KB]

• Appendix 1- GLA 2016 based projections WSE results [343KB]
• Appendix 2- Centre for population change [2MB]
• Appendix 3- Simpson McDonald making sense of the new English household projections TCp April 2015 [74KB]

Updated Housing Topic Paper [4MB]

Statement of Common Ground regarding site HERT3- Land to the South of Welwyn Road/West of Thieves Lane [351KB]

• Plan 1- Site boundary plan [200KB]
• Plan 2- Illustrative framework plan (Drawing CSA/2028/103) [3MB]
• Plan 3- Development quantum (Drawing CSA/2028/104) [3MB]
• Appendix A- Thames Water: Foul Water Study (Feb 2015) [478KB]
• Appendix B- Thames Water: Foul Water Updated August 2017 [34KB]
• Appendix C- Capacity Check August 2012 [1MB]
• Appendix D- Electricity connection letter from UK Power Networks 31 July 2012 [638KB]
• Appendix E- Email from Hertfordshire County Council (Highways) 31 March 2016 [30KB]
• Appendix F- Email from Hertfordshire County Council (Highways) 4 August 2017 [22KB]
• Appendix G- Email from Hertfordshire County Council (Education) 24 March 2016 [75KB]
• Appendix H- Ecological Impact Appraisal [14MB]  

Statement of Common Ground regarding Site HERT3 - North of Welwyn Road [863KB]

• Appendix 1 - Site Plan [319KB]
• Appendix 2 - Illustrative Concept Layout [561KB]
• Appendix 3 - Initial Concept Scheme Access and Primary Route Layout [561KB]
• Appendix 4 - Initial Concept Building Height Plan [564KB]
• Appendix 5 - Illustrative Site Layout [4MB]
• Appendix 6 - Thames Water Sewer Impact Assessment [516KB]
• Appendix 7 - Highway Capacity Study [1MB]
• Appendix 8 - Representations to the Preferred Options Consultation May 2014 [94KB]
• Appendix 9 - Document from Hertfordshire County Council Education Team [239KB]
• Appendix 10 - Flood Risk Assessment [6MB]
• Appendix 11 - Landscape and Visual Impact Appraisal [6MB]
• Appendix 12 - Utilities Report [2MB]
• Appendix 13 - Ecology Baseline Assessment [4MB]
• Appendix 14 - Geo Environmental and Geotechnical Assessment [8MB]
• Appendix 15 - Transport Assessment [19MB]
• Appendix 16 - Representations to the Pre-Submission Draft District Plan December 2016 [366KB]
• Appendix 17 - Thames Water Confirmation Email 29 March 2017 [254KB]
• Appendix 18 - Hertfordshire County Council Highways Authority Position 4th August 2017 [252KB]

Statement of Common Ground regarding site HERT2 - Mead Lane Area, Hertford [399KB]

• Appendix 1 - Site Ownership Plan [183KB]
• Appendix 2 - Mead Lane UDF [5MB]
• Appendix 3 - Utility Site Investigation Report [13MB]
• Appendix 4 - Ramboll Flood Constraints Appraisal [5MB]
• Appendix 5 - JNP Flood Risk Technical Note [875KB]
• Appendix 6 - Vectos Transport and Access Note [258KB]
• Appendix 7 - Census Data [70KB]
• Appendix 8 - Ecology Report [6MB]

Inspector's Matters and Issues Stage 2 [98KB]

Inspector's Guidance Notes Stage 2 [115KB]

Hearing Sessions Programme Stage 2 [49KB]

Statement of Common Ground between East Herts Council and Pigeon Land regarding Land to the East of Stevenage [5MB]

• Appendix 1: Site Boundary Plan [3MB]
• Appendix 2: Concept Masterplan [2MB]
• Appendix 3: Utility Report [9MB]
• Appendix 4: Hertfordshire County Council Highways Correspondence [110KB]
• Appendix 5: Hertfordshire County Council's Reply to East Herts Development Scenarios [64KB]
• Appendix 6: Foul and Surface Water Drainage Strategy [3MB]
• Appendix 7: Phase 1 Habitat Survey [5MB]
• Appendix 8: Landscape & Visual Assessment [5MB]
• Appendix 9: Geophysical Survey [10MB]
• Appendix 10: Access Strategy Technical Note [3MB]
• Appendix 11: Geo Environmental Desk Study Report [20MB]
• Appendix 12: Green Belt Assessment [3MB]

Note: This Statement of Common Ground is also listed in the Statement of Common Ground list as ED131.

Statement of Common Ground between East Herts Council and Countryside Properties regarding land at Bishop's Stortford South [334KB]

• Appendix 1 - Site Boundary Plan [275KB]
• Appendix 2 - Illustrative Masterplan [4MB]
• Appendix 3 - Hertfordshire County Council Highways Meeting Note [32KB]
• Appendix 4 - Utilities and Infrastructure Report [2MB]
• Appendix 5 - Sewer Impact Study [734KB]
• Appendix 6 - Correspondence with NHS England and CCG [231KB]

Note: This Statement of Common Ground is also listed in the Statement of Common Ground list as ED132.

Updated Habitats Regulation Assessment (September 2017) [1MB]

Appendix A Figure 1A - European Sites [2MB]

MOU between East Herts Council and Hertfordshire County Council Property (Development Services) [1MB]

MOU between East Herts Council and North Herts District Council [188KB]

MOU between East Herts Council and Broxbourne Borough Council [668KB]

Draft Consultation papers on  HCC Draft Local Transport Plan 4 

HCC 03 - Item 3 - Transport Vision and Local Transport Plan [130KB]

• HCC 04 - Item 3 - Appendix A - Draft Local Transport Plan [5MB]
• HCC 05 - Item 3 - Appendix B - Local Transport Plan 4 - Communications Strategy [379KB]

East Hertfordshire District Council's opening address at hearing sessions of EiP of the District Plan 2011-2033 [25KB]

Statement of Common Ground between East Herts Council, Bishop's Stortford Golf Club and Weston Homes regarding Land to the East of Manor Links [6MB]

• Appendix 1A Pre-submission consultation [321KB]
• Appendix 1B Proposed minor changes [752KB]
• Appendix 2 50 units indicative sketch layout [1MB]
• Appendix 3A Transport Note 5, Part 1 [13MB]
• Appendix 3B Transport Note 5, Part 2 [11MB]
• Appendix 4 Ecological Assessment [9MB]

Memorandum of Understanding between EHDC and Stevenage Borough Council [618KB]

East Herts Council's response to Inspector's questions on OAN during Hearing Sessions Week 1 [782KB]

East Herts Council Delivery Rates: 5 year breakdown [30KB]  

West Essex and East Herts Assessment of Employment Needs [2MB]

Note from HJA in relation to Appendix A of the East Herts Statement to Matter 3 - Employment and Retail [265KB]

Gilston: Critical Transport Infrastructure Report [906KB] - (Momentum Transport Consultancy on behalf of Roger Beaumont, Mary Pope and the Wentworth Stanley Family)

Statement of Common Ground between East Herts Council and Countryside Properties regarding Land North of Sawbridgeworth (SAWB4) [3MB]

• Appendix 1- Site Plan [196KB]
• Appendix 2- Proposed Indicative Layout [1MB]
• Appendix 3- TriConnex Quotation [5MB]
•  Appendix 4- Affinity Budget Letter [171KB]
• Appendix 5- Thames Water Letter [192KB]
• Appendix 6- Pond Layout [1MB]
• Appendix 7- Visibility Splay [138KB]
• Appendix 8a- Tree Survey Schedule- Key to terms [395KB]
• Appendix 8b- Tree Survey Plan [663KB]
• Appendix 9- Ecological Due Diligence Report [4MB]
• Appendix 10- Archaeological/Historic Environment Risk Appraisal [9MB]  

• Part 1: Open Spaces and Sports Facilities Assessment- Background and Context [2MB]
• Part 2: Open Spaces and Sports Facilities Assessment- Built Facilities [33MB] ,  Appendices [1MB] ,  Executive Summary [7MB]
• Part 3: Open Spaces and Sports Facilities Assessment- Playing Pitch Strategy [2MB] ,  Executive Summary [562KB]
• Part 4: Open Spaces and Sports Facilities Assessment- Open Spaces Assessment [6MB] ,  Appendices [28MB] , Part 4: Executive Summary [2MB]

Retail Needs and Opportunities in Hertford Town Centre [1MB]

Statement of Common Ground between East Herts Council, Ptarmigan Land and Mr A. Fordham, regarding site WARE2- North and East of Ware [3MB] - This document supersedes SCG/001

• Appendix 1- Site Boundary Plan [2MB]
• Appendix 2- Land Budget Plan and Proposed Route of New Link Road [4MB]
• Appendix 3- PDI Utilities Feasibility Report [2MB]
• Appendix 4- TriConnex Utilities Quotation Report [1MB]
• Appendix 5- Flood Risk and Drainage Appraisal [9MB]

Inspector's Note on OAN following Stage 1 hearing sessions [19KB]

Landscape Character Assessment SPD [15MB]

• Appendix 1- Map of Landscape Character Areas [4MB]
• Appendix 2- Landscape Character Assessment, Erratum [520KB]

Minerals Local Plan Update Paper [214KB] ,  Appendix A [1MB]

30 October 2017

Statement of Common Ground between East Herts Council and Taylor Wimpey, regarding SAWB2 (Land North of West Road) [4MB]

Statement of Common Ground between East Herts Council and Barratt David Wilson Homes North Thames, regarding SAWB3 (Land to the South of West Road) [3MB]

Solum Regeneration- Letter [203KB]

6 November 2017

Statement of Common Ground between East Herts Council and Places for People and City & Provisional regarding GA1 (the Gilston Area) [689KB] , 

Document 1 - Ownership Plan [11MB]

Document 2 - Previous Consultation Activity [174KB]

Document 3 - Village Buffers Plan [10MB]

Document 4 - Position Statement with Arriva [142KB] Document 5 - SoCG between PfP and HCC Highways [2MB]

Document 6 - Heritage Impact Assessment [924KB] ,   Document 6 - Heritage Impact Assessment Appendices [11MB]

Document 7 - Revised Policy GA1 [238KB]

Note: This Statement of Common Ground is also listed in the Statement of Common Ground list as ED160.

Agreed Minutes of Gilston Steering Group meeting - 25th October 2017 [174KB]

Appendix A - Interim Hunsdon and Gilston & Eastwick NPG Response [319KB]

Appendix B - Full Hunsdon and Eastwick & Gilston NPG response [3MB]

Appendix C - Summary of Responses to Concept Framework Consultation (excluding Neighbourhood Plan Group submission) [458KB]

Appendix D - Initial Developer Response to NPG reps [170KB]

Appendix E - Examples of proposed responses to community consultation so far [1MB]

Appendix F - Proposed Gilston Area Process Diagram [337KB]

Appendix G - NPG Presentation to Steering Group [1MB]

Photographs of Ware submitted by Mr Ashley Godfrey [936KB]

Addendum to Council statement for Matter 5 - The Green Belt [202KB]

Statement by Mr. Mark Prisk MP at Gilston Hearing session on 8th November 2017 [30KB]

Statement of Common Ground between East Herts Council, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council and Historic England, relating to Birchall Garden Suburb [2MB]

East of Welwyn Garden City: Council note on extent of landfill in relation to the proposed development area [959KB]

24 November 2017

Inspector's post hearings note to Council on East Herts District Plan [52KB]

ED168

Birchall Garden Suburb Documentation, submitted by Gascoyne Cecil Estates:

A) Birchall Farm Contamination (Wardell Armstrong) [8MB]

B) Contamination and Site Suitability [20MB]

C) Heritage Impact Assessment (Montague Evans) [31MB]

D) Letter to WHBC from JB Planning Associates (6th October 2017) [455KB]

E) Letter to WHBC from JB Planning Associates (3rd November 2017) [465KB]

F) Environmental Agency Historical Photographs of Landfill Operation [2MB]

ED169

Birchall Garden Suburb Documentation, submitted by Tarmac:

Land Quality Contamination (Royal Haskoning) [99KB]

• Appendix A: 1976_84 Cole Green BH1-BH117 [62KB]
• Appendix B: 1984 Boring Results 118-165 [124KB]  
• Appendix C: 1985 Currently Approved Contours C3-28A Cole Green [6MB]
• Appendix D: 1985 Phases of Infilling_C3-24c [4MB]
• Appendix E: 2012 Historic Slice Maps [6MB]
• Appendix F: 2013 Fig 2 Landfill History [1MB]
• Appendix G: 2013_14 Cole Green BH logs [1MB]
• Appendix H: 2017 Exploratory Hole Plan [1MB]

ED170

Birchall Garden Suburb Documentation, submitted by Tarmac:

SLR: Ecological Note [2MB]

• Appendix A: 2017 HERC Data Search - desktop study from HERC [15MB]
• Appendix B: Amphibian Survey Report 2014 (PPA) [1MB]
• Appendix C: Amphibian Survey Update 2017 Great Crested Newt Report [2MB]  
• Appendix D: Badger Survey Final 2017 (SLR) [772KB]
• Appendix E: Bat Survey Report Dec 2017 (PPA) [12MB]
• Appendix F: Bird Survey Report 2017 (PPA) [4MB]
• Appendix G: Dormouse Survey Report Final 2017 (PPA) [519KB]
• Appendix H: Invertebrate Report 2017 (PPA) [6MB]
• Appendix I: Phase 1 Habitat and Flora Survey Report 2017 (PPA) [25MB] Appendix J: Reptile Survey Report 2017 (PPA) [768KB]
• Appendix K: Reptile Survey Report 2017 (SLR) [2MB]
• Appendix L: Water Vole Report 2017 (PPA) [306KB]
• Appendix M: Water Vole Report 2017 (SLR) [2MB]

ED171

Birchall Garden Suburb Documentation, submitted by Tarmac:

Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Briefing Note (David Jarvis Associates) [110KB]

• Appendix A: Photomontage Aerial View from the South [7MB]
• Appendix B: Photomontage View Point 38 1 of 2 [4MB]
• Appendix C: Photomontage View Point 38 2 of 2 [6MB]  
• Appendix D: Photomontage View Point 100 [8MB]  
• Appendix E: Photomontage View Point 106 1 OF 2 [3MB]  
• Appendix F: Photomontage View Point 106 2 OF 2 [6MB]
• Appendix G: Photomontage View Point 113 1 OF 2 [3MB]
• Appendix H: Photomontage View Point 113 2 OF 2 [4MB]

December 2017

ED173

ED174

ED175

Inspectors' Matters and Issues [68KB]

Joint Hearing Session Timetable [43KB]

Inspectors' Guidance Note for Joint Hearing Session [116KB]

Pre hearing proposed modifications Chapter 13 Land East of Welwyn Garden City EWEL1 (Birchall Garden Suburb) [311KB]

Statement of Common Ground between Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council, East Herts Council, Hertfordshire County Council and Tarmac [502KB]

• Appendix 1- Site Boundary [12MB]
• Appendix 2- Statement of Common Ground- Highways and Transportation Matters [4MB]
• Appendix 3- BGS Environmental Assessment Scoping Report- December 2015 [3MB]
• Appendix 4- Environmental Assessment Scoping Opinion- February 2016 [5MB]

Inspector's note relating to EWEL1 following the joint hearing session with Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council on Birchall Garden Suburb [27KB]

ED179

ED179A

East Herts Council Position Statement Following the Joint Hearing Session for Birchall Garden Suburb (30th January 2018) [106KB]

Viability Note on East Herts Part of Birchall Garden Suburb [87KB]

Schedule of Main Modifications [1MB]

Schedule of Minor Changes [659KB]

Sustainability Appraisal of the East Herts District Plan- SA Report Addendum [9MB]

ED184A

ED184B

ED184C

ED184D

Letter from CPRE to Inspector [166KB]

Email from PO to CPRE in response to letter ED184A [88KB]

Letter from CPRE to Inspector [162KB]

Letter from PO in response to CPRE letter ED184C [66KB]

6 April 2018

9 April 2018

13 April 2018

25 April 2018