Bushey residents have hit out at plans for a 1,300-home “intergenerational” estate on a Green Belt site.
has applied for permission to redevelop a 93-acre plot of land to the south of Bushey between Heathbourne Road and the M1.
Online teacher Linda Rauch, who has lived in the town for 17 years, said: “I feel shocked and appalled that anybody would want to create such an overdevelopment.”“Bushey is slowly being destroyed,” the 61-year-old mum of one added. “We're becoming part of the urban sprawl of Stanmore and London and we're losing our character, which is very upsetting.”
The site is designated as Green Belt, but the developer said it would provide a “natural extension” to the town as well as meet the area’s housing needs and reduce demand on local healthcare services by providing a health and wellness hub.Anika Patel, interim leader of the Bushey Heath Residents Association, said: “The reaction that I had to the plans was ‘this is insane’. This cannot happen.”
“I've been door-to-door and I don't think I know anyone that has thought it's a good idea,” Anika added.in 2021, it was removed along with the Compass Park and Harts Farm sites when the draft was revised in 2024.
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