Hertfordshire

Across Hertfordshire, the government wants to build 9,962 homes a year. At that rate, sustained for thirty years, that is 298,860 homes - +57% on the 522,200 dwellings already here.

There are 53 towns and villages in our publishable settlement list for this county. The growth is not planned as one place with the infrastructure attached. It arrives a field at a time.

Districts

• East Hertfordshire

  Starting point 1,237 a year - 37,110 over thirty years (+54% on existing stock).

• North Hertfordshire

  Starting point 1,036 a year - 31,080 over thirty years (+51% on existing stock).