In August last year, a planning application for the Grange Farm site in Green Lane, Bovingdon, was submitted to Dacorum Borough Council.
During the meeting an additional informative was proposed and added to the draft permission, calling for due attention to be paid to access and traffic flow in the area. Of the 186 homes, 74 will be designated as affordable housing, 23 of which are included in phase one of the plan - which is covered by the full planning permission.Phase one includes eight three-bedroom homes, 16 four-bedroom homes, and 10 five-bedroom homes for private housing. Its affordable housing includes three one-bedroom and seven two-bedroom apartments as well as 11 three-bedroom and two four-bedroom houses.