Baldock, Hertfordshire – Outline Planning Application for Major Development

North Herts Council

www.north-herts.gov.uk

NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL

Council Offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth Garden City, Herts, SG6 3JF

The following Proposals are the subject of an application submitted to the Council

Proposal Constituting Major Development, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Development, within the Green Belt, Affecting a Right of Way, and Affecting settings of Ancient Scheduled Monument, the Baldock Conservation Area and Listed Buildings

25/02571/OP BA1 (Land East Of North Rd And North Of Railway Line); BA10 (Land Between Railway Line And Royston Rd); BA3 (Land West Of A505); BA2 (Land South Of Clothall Rd); Walls Field; Urban Open Land West Of A505, And Land West Of North Rd, Baldock.

Growing Baldock Development Site: Outline planning application with all matters reserved except for means of highway access into the development from the A505/Royston Road, North Road and Clothall Road for: up to 3,200 homes, up to 16ha of employment, waste and leisure infrastructure, a mixed use local centre, up to 1 secondary school, up to 2 x primary schools, up to 1 SEND school, health hub, green infrastructure (including parks, formal sports provision, play, habitat areas, informal open space and structural planting), internal street network, access junctions and railway crossings, public transport infrastructure, pedestrian/cycle network (including PROW diversions, active travel routes, mobility hubs and crossing of the railway), utilities and drainage infrastructure (including diversions of existing and provision of new infrastructure, pumping stations, sustainable drainage, primary substations, rising main/strategic sewer and renewable energy infrastructure), ground remodelling/earthworks and any necessary demolitions

The application details, including the accompanying Environmental Statement, can be viewed on the Council’s web site at www.north-herts.gov.uk/home/planning.

Any person who wishes to make representations about the PROPOSAL should submit them in writing to this office by no later than 31 days from the date of this notice.

Shaun Greaves Development and Conservation Manager

Date 30 October 2025

Correspondence Address: North Herts Council, PO Box 10613, Nottingham, NG6 6DW