Engagement
We are committed to collaborating with local communities at East Hemel and our proposals will be shaped by a shared understanding of local needs.
We will be inclusive and engage different groups and communities to ensure that the development reflects the needs and wishes of the wider local population.
We look forward to working with you all to create a place that can thrive, both now and in the future.
Previous engagement – Stage 2: January - March 2025
The second stage of public engagement took place in early 2025 and included a series of activities to allow local residents to explore the plans for East Hemel in more detail.
The activities included a study tour to new developments in Cambridge, a site visit to the East Hemel site on 28th January, alongside a series of community design workshops on 29th and 30th January, where local residents were offered the opportunity to shape early designs.
We then held a number of community drop-in events across four different locations (Redbourn, Maylands, Woodhall Farm and Leverstock Green) to share the plans produced at the community design workshops in collaboration with local residents, and to provide a further opportunity to share feedback. We would like to thank everyone who joined us during our Stage 2 events, your insights and input have been invaluable in helping to shape the emerging proposals.
Click here to view the Cambridge study tour report
We are preparing a summary report of the feedback and key themes raised during Stage 2 which will be available to view here soon.
Previous engagement – Stage 1: October 2024
As part of the first stage of public engagement, we held community drop-in events across five different locations (Leverstock Green, Maylands, Hemel Hempstead town centre, Woodhall Farm and Redbourn), as well as a stakeholder workshop.
These events were focused on introducing ourselves and understanding more about life in the area, as well as the hopes, ideas and ambitions of the local community for East Hemel.
Read a summary report of the feedback and key themes raised during Stage 1 engagement
Commonplace
We are using the Commonplace platform for all our public engagement activities, an interactive online citizen engagement platform which uses maps and other tools to enable the local community to submit comments on emerging proposals.
