As you may be aware a planning application has been submitted by Wellbeck Land to build a retirement care village on the land west of High Street and south of Dovehouse Lane for up to 150 units of specialist housing for older people.
The planning application can be viewed on the East Herts District Council planning portal at [insert hyperlink when available]. The reference is [insert reference when available].
Walkern Parish Council is responding to the application and in doing so we want to accurately represent the views and concerns of the residents of the parish. To help us in doing that we would be grateful if you would complete the short survey form below. If you choose to respond directly to EHDC on the page referenced above, we would appreciate it if you would complete our survey as well in order that we can reflect your views in the Parish Council’s response.
Electronic completion would greatly help us in assembling the results but, if you prefer to submit a paper form, you can download and print one here – when completed please drop it into the box in Clark’s Garage, High Street, Walkern.
The results of the survey will be made available on our website and will be included in our response to the planning application.
It is important that your view is heard and although the Parish Council will submit a response, we encourage everyone to view the planning application and let East Herts planning know whether you support or oppose the proposal. Examples of the type of issues that the planning authority will consider are overshadowing, overlooking and loss of privacy, adequate parking and servicing, overbearing nature of proposal, loss of trees, loss of ecological habitats, design and appearance, layout and density of buildings, effect on listed building(s) and conservation areas, access and highways safety, traffic generation, noise and disturbance from the scheme, public visual amenity (not loss of private individual’s view) and flood risk.
Please respond to us by xx/xx/2025 in order that we have time to collate your opinions and make our response.
The developer’s primary website is here
The developer’s website describing the development is here
Thank you for your time and your interest in the future of Walkern.