Will private developers be involved in the Hub?
- Dacorum Health Action Group is calling for transparency on any involvement of private sector developers in the building of the Market Square Health Hub
- A Freedom of Information bid seeks information from Dacorum Council about contacts between the Council and private companies about the Square
- One possibility is that the new Dacorum Investment Partnership (DIP), which involves the Council and housebuilders The Hill Group, could invest in the project
- DIP is ‘aimed at increasing the number of affordable homes and delivering major regeneration projects across the borough.’ It is ‘an equal investment and decision-making collaboration’ between the Council and Hill.
- Companies House information reveals that Hill Investment Partnerships and the Council are ‘persons with significant control’ in DIP, with each having ‘More than 25% but not more than 50%’ of voting rights and ‘ More than 25% but not more than 50%’ of rights to ‘surplus assets’.
- In August 2024, the Council said that it was exploring ‘whether other development, such as new housing, retail and café uses could be possible as well’ on the Market Square
- Here is more about the Dacorum Investment Partnership:
- https://www.dacorum.gov.uk/home/all-news/2025/08/11/investment-partnership-to-deliver-affordable-new-homes-and-regeneration