Home Park Mill Link Road, with the former West Herts College site pictured on the right. Credit: Three Rivers District Council
Councillors have refused plans to demolish a former college and replace it with a five-storey block of flats.
Members of Three Rivers District Council's planning committee decided the proposal at the West Herts College site in Kings Langley was "too big and high".
They also felt not enough parking was proposed.
Developer Bellway Homes had submitted a full application to knock down the college in Home Park Mill Link Road and replace it with a five-storey building of 65 one and two-bed apartments.