POLICY AREAS
Regulation 14 Consultation
To take part in the Ashley Green Neighbourhood Plan Regulation 14 Consultation, please review the Plan through the links below, then complete the Comment Sheet.
You can email the completed sheet to ashleygreen.clerk@gmail.com or post or drop a paper copy to Ashley Green Parish Council: Nicky Buckle (Parish Clerk), 27 Kings Road, Berkhamstead, Herts, HP4 3BH.
The consultation will run from Monday 1st December 2025 to Monday 2nd February 2026
Our Vision for Ashley Green is…
“Our vision is for Ashley Green Parish to continue to be an attractive and desirable place for people to live, work and take their leisure, for the period through to 2036 and beyond. The parish is characterised by rolling green fields and ancient woodland with long, uninterrupted views out over the countryside and the National Landscape, with development concentrated in the villages of Ashley Green and Whelpley Hill.
Our vision is that the quality of this open landscape should be retained, protected and, where possible enhanced, with improved access allowing residents to continue to enjoy the benefit of the abundant wildlife and natural spaces. We will seek to enhance and increase our local community assets focused on our village halls, communal open space and other assets such as local pubs, play and sports provision, all of which contribute to the very strong sense of community in Ashley Green Parish.
Our vision is built on the desire for the existing, well-established, broad range of accommodation in the villages being the template for further development within the parish. Future residential development will be managed in a positive, sustainable and balanced way. The focus will be on small-scale, well-designed local housing provision based on an accurate understanding of need within the parish, together with a realistic assessment of the benefits and the impacts of new development on the character of the parish and the quality of life of residents.”
To support the Vision for Ashley Green, we have prepared a number of high-level objectives. These objectives are the means by which the vision will be delivered.
- Minimise the impact of new development on the landscape and natural environment in the parish by focusing on development within the existing villages.
- Manage the scale and quality of residential development in the parish, with the focus on smaller developments in discrete parcels that fit into the existing structure an complement the existing character and form of the villages.
- Mitigate the impact of development on existing properties, open spaces, key views and the wider countryside by developing design guidance to inform and shape development proposals.
- Enhance the parish’s community assets by improving what we have and identifying opportunities to develop new facilities.
- Support development that is sustainable and appropriate in scale that fits with the existing character and form of the villages.
In order to achieve these objectives, the AGNP contains five planning policies that are considered to add the most value to other adopted and emerging development plan policies covering the parish and the wider area. These policies are set out below. Each has a code number and title.
