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The stages at Elstree, where Star Wars and Indiana Jones scenes were filmed, will be knocked down.

The stages at Elstree, where Star Wars and Indiana Jones scenes were filmed, will be knocked down.

Hertsmere Borough Council has reaffirmed its commitment to stopping offices and industrial buildings in some areas being turned into homes.

Ross Whear, head of planning for Hertsmere Borough Council - Credit: Hertsmere Borough Council More time has been given to consider potential new employment sites in Hertsmere, after it was agreed to reschedule the publication of a blueprint for development. Hertsmere Borough Council has confirmed that the publication of the new draft Local Plan for the borough has been moved to the autumn, in order to assess the availability of 21 new potential employment sites. More time has been allocated to...

Residents will have to wait longer to find out whether a council believes a huge plot of greenbelt land is suitable for the biggest film studios the…

Hertsmere Borough Council announced this afternoon that it has delayed its Local Plan process by several months. The local plan is a planning document the council is pulling together which will help shape development across Hertsmere up until 2036. Developers and landowners have put forward a host of housing and employment sites they would like to see redeveloped - and council officers have the task of deciding which of these sites are most appropriate to help meet housing targets and boo...

Watling Street, Radlett Residents in Radlett and Shenley will be given a chance to say next month whether plans, which could help shape the future of their villages, should be formally adopted. Aldenham Parish Council’s Radlett Neighbourhood Plan and Shenley Parish Councils Shenley Neighbourhood Plan are just one step away from being the first documents of their kind to be adopted in the borough. Those living in Radlett and Shenley will vote whether to approve their neighbourhood plan w...

The report concludes: "As well as being generally suitable for employment development, the site is the optimum location to accommodate additional film and studio floorspace. "Synergies will be created with the adjacent Sky Studios scheme which cannot be achieved on any other large-scale site in the borough. "In overall terms, the site allocation will deliver huge benefits through job creation etc, it will build on the strengths of the TV and film sector in Elstree and Borehamwood and it will a...

In a letter to the local council, the DIT has said that the proposals “would be warmly welcomed, not at least as Hertsmere has such a rich heritage for film and HETV (High-End TV) production”. The proposed development, coupled with the neighbouring Sky scheme already being built, will create a film and digital hub to rival anything in the world. A map of the proposed Hertswood Studios site that has been put forward as a potential site for employment in Hertsmere. - Credit: Bidwells Plans...

A campaign banner to save Woodcock Hill village green Hertsmere Borough Council has joined a campaign to save a village green from potentially being built on. The councils head of planning has formally written to the government planning inspector to oppose a proposal to deregister Woodcock Hill in Borehamwood as a village green. Landowner and housebuilder Taylor Wimpey is offering to create a new green next door to the existing one - but planning chief Ross Whear says the proposed new sit...