East Hemel
Welcome to the East Hemel development website, where you can find all the information regarding plans for the site and details on how you can get involved.
East Hemel is a 975-acre site lying between the Redbourn Road and Hemel Hempstead Road, with the potential to create high quality new homes, new health facilities, schools, new transport links and green spaces that enhance and nurture the natural environment.
By working together with local communities and embracing innovation and creativity in the design and build, there is an opportunity to create a place with community wellbeing at its heart. A place that can thrive both now and for generations to come.
We want to hear your views
We held the first stage of public engagement in October 2024 and will be sharing more details on the next stage shortly. Sign up to stay up to date about the project and future engagement events.
The Crown Estate
The Crown Estate is an independent business that manages land, property and the seabed across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We are committed to using our resources to benefit communities, the environment and the wider economy, helping to tackle the nation’s long-term challenges in an inclusive and responsible way.
Our purpose is to create lasting and shared prosperity for the nation. It drives our strategy and informs everything we do. We seek to grow the value of our portfolio and return all our profits to the Treasury, contributing £4.1bn for the benefit of the nation over the past 10 years.
Hemel Garden Communities (HGC)
Land to the north and east of Hemel Hempstead was identified in 2019 as part of an ambitious future development programme known as Hemel Garden Communities (HGC). HGC is a long-term commitment to transform Hemel Hempstead, aiming to deliver up to 11,000 new homes and 10,000 new jobs by 2050. Through creating attractive and sustainable new neighbourhoods, developing new sustainable travel and transport routes, delivering more green and open spaces and supporting local economic growth, the programme will deliver a range of benefits to the community in Hemel Hempstead.
The Crown Estate is a major landowner within the HGC growth area and East Hemel has the potential to be the first stage of development at HGC.
The HGC partners - Dacorum Borough Council, St Albans City and District Council, Hertfordshire County Council, Hertfordshire Futures and Hertfordshire Innovation Quarter - are working with The Crown Estate and other key landowners to deliver the HGC programme, which will provide wide-ranging benefits to Hemel Hempstead.