Council rethink over Hub plan could mean demolition for businesses

8 February 2026
|In News, News Updates
|By philip
  • Several town centre businesses could have their premises demolished to make way for Hemel’s ‘neighbourhood health centre’ Hub
  •  A new Dacorum Council plan published for consultation would mean demolition of buildings on Marlowes and Waterhouse St
  • The Council appears to have had second thoughts about putting the Hub on the middle of the Market Square itself
  • But the Council now suggests the health centre block would cover part of the area between the Square and The Full House
  • See the blue area marked 1 in the map below, listed as ‘Health uses (footprint to be developed)’
  • The new plan could increase further the projected costs of the Hub, which have already reached £135m.
  • This is because few if any of the premises north of the square are apparently owned by the Council, unlike the Market Square itself
  • The document, ‘Draft HGC Framework and Transformation Supplementary Planning Document’ can be accessed via the link below (See pages 30-36) : https://letstalk.dacorum.gov.uk/46664/widgets/141177/documents/100775