Dacorum’s Local Plan Consultation Deadline Extended

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On 27 November 2020, Dacorum Borough Council launched the consultation on the Emerging Strategy for Growth – the next step to creating the new Dacorum Local Plan 2020-2038.

The Council would like as many people as possible to have their say in the consultation. In view of this, the deadline for feeding back in the consultation has been extended until 11.59pm on Sunday 28 February 2021.

Dacorum Borough Council will be sending all Dacorum households a copy of the Emerging Strategy for Growth summary document. The summary gives an overview of the Local Plan and information about how to participate in the consultation.

Details about how to take part in the consultation and supporting information, including the Emerging Strategy for Growth, summary document and video are available on the Council’s website: www.dacorum.gov.uk/localplan and consultation portal: https://consult.dacorum.gov.uk/kse.

The Council’s Emerging Strategy for Growth virtual exhibition can be viewed by visiting: https://dacorumlocalplan.consultation.ai/ Visitors to the virtual exhibition can ask questions via the ‘leave a message’ function. Please note any comments made via ‘leave a message’ will not be considered as official responses to the consultation and will not be made public.

Hard copies of the Emerging Strategy for Growth are available to loan, using the reservation service, from Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring libraries. Information on locations and opening hours is available on Hertfordshire County Council’s website: www.hertfordshire.gov.uk/services/libraries-and-archives/library-opening-hours/library-opening-hours-and-locations.aspx

Alternatively, the Emerging Strategy for Growth can be viewed at The Forum on an appointment only basis. Please contact the Council’s Strategic Planning team to make arrangements.

If you have any questions about the consultation, or would like to arrange to view a hard copy of the Emerging Strategy for Growth at The Forum, please contact the Council’s Strategic Planning team by: email: strategic.planning@dacorum.gov.uk, phone: 01442 228660 or write to: Strategic Planning, Dacorum Borough Council, The Forum, Marlowes, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP1 1DN.