URL: https://democracy.dacorum.gov.uk/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=2645

Decision Maker: Strategic Director (Place)

Outcome: Recommendations Approved

Is Key Decision?: No

Is Callable In?: No

Purpose: Decision: To approve the adoption of the HGC Framework and Transformation Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). Reason: Authority was delegated to the Strategic Director - Place and Communities to agree non-material changes to text, numbering and graphics and agree to adopt the SPD before the deadline of the 30 June, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Place. Background: On 9 June 2026, Cabinet approved the HGC Framework and Transformation SPD, awarding delegated authority to the Strategic Director - Place and Communities to agree further non-material changes and to formally adopt the SPD, in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Place. It should, however, be noted that the SPD is not fully operative until the Dacorum Borough Council Local Plan to 2041 has been adopted, given its supplementary nature. The non-material changes have been shared with the Strategic Director - Place and Communities and the Portfolio Holder for Place. They relate to editorial, formatting and presentation improvements, including correcting typographical mistakes, grammar and spelling; improving clarity, consistency and terminology across both SPDs (Stewardship and Placemaking and this SPD); removing repetition; simplifying and reframing wording; adding missing headings; replacing placeholder graphics and foreword text; updating Appendix 2 for usability; and correcting map errors. The provisions of the SPD will apply in Dacorum Borough upon the adoption of statutory policies in the Dacorum Local Plan to 2041, in relation to the allocation and development of Hemel Garden Communities, including Policies HGC1, HGC2, HGC3, HGC4, HGC5, wider local plan polices and associated site allocation policies.

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Date of Decision: June 25, 2026