Evidence Base
To support the Local Plan the Spatial Planning and Design Team produce and commission evidence base and technical studies to support the Local Plan development.
A suite of new Evidence Base documents has been produced to accompany the new Draft Local Plan Regulation 18 Consultation 2023.
New Evidence Base Documents August 2023
- Appendix H Infrastructure Plans for St Albans City and Harpenden - Accessible Compressed ( pdf - 914.74 KB )
- St Albans District LCWIP - Consultation Report - FINAL accessible ( pdf - 751.22 KB )
- St Albans District LCWIP - Final Report - FINAL accessible ( pdf - 6.96 MB )
- St Albans District LCWIP Appendices - Combined FINAL accessible ( pdf - 28.48 MB )
New Evidence Base Documents July 2023
- Draft Open Space Study ( pdf - 4.98 MB )
- Equality Impact Assessment - July 2023 ( pdf - 341.89 KB )
- Habitats Regulations Assessment - July 2023 ( pdf - 3.05 MB )
- HGC - Draft SANG Concept Plan - July 2023 ( pdf - 5.32 MB )
- HGC - Emerging Indicative Concept Plan - July 2023 ( pdf - 1.82 MB )
- HGC - HGC Position Statement - July 2023 ( pdf - 15.34 MB )
- HGC- Key Projects for HGC - July 2023 ( pdf - 1,005.59 KB )
- IDP Infrastructure Schedule ( pdf - 475.40 KB )
- Infrastructure Delivery Plan ( pdf - 9.15 MB )
- Key Diagram ( pdf - 642.98 KB )
- Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan - LCWIP ( pdf - 178.31 KB )
- Parking Zones Maps - July 2023 ( pdf - 6.65 MB )
- Parking Zones Paper - July 2023 ( pdf - 5.94 MB )
- Playing Pitch & Outdoor Sport Strategy & Action Plan ( pdf - 2.82 MB )
- Settlement Hierarchy Part 1 ( pdf - 3.55 MB )
- Settlement Hierarchy Part 2 ( pdf - 854.65 KB )
- Shopfront and Advertisements Design Guidance - July 2023 ( pdf - 3.52 MB )
- Strategic Sites Design Guidance - Design Principles - 2023 ( pdf - 13.87 MB )
- Strategic Sites Design Guidance - Design Toolkit - 2023 ( pdf - 49.81 MB )
- Strategic Sites Design Guidance - Employment Uses Design Toolkit - 2023 ( pdf - 20.13 MB )
- Strategic Sites Design Guidance - Masterplan Toolkit - 2023 ( pdf - 247.83 KB )
- Sustainability Appraisal - Interim Study - July 2023 ( pdf - 8.07 MB )
- Sustainability Appraisal – Interim Study – Non Technical Summary – July 2023 ( pdf - 1.59 MB )
Green Belt Review 2023
- Green Belt Review 2023 - Report ( pdf - 24.96 MB )
- Green Belt Review 2023 - Annex Proforma Report ( pdf - 49.72 MB )
- Green Belt Review 2023 - Washed Over Villages Report ( pdf - 39.12 MB )
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Partly Superseded (to be read alongside the 2023 Green Belt Review)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.