Developers confirm Water Gardens car parks a housing ‘priority’
- Housebuilders Hill Group and Dacorum Council have announced the first steps towards 17,270 more flats and houses for Dacorum
- Hill Group and the Council are collaborating in the Dacorum Investment Partnership (DIP) which aims to help meet Government housing targets and regenerate towns
- DIP has decided that the Water Gardens car parks are a ‘priority’ for housing and mixed-use development
- The partnership is also working up plans for more car parking to accommodate the demands of the Market Square neighbourhood health centre Hub – in the same area
- DIP has released a timetable for its first 18 months, with ‘due diligence’ testing on the Water Gardens car parks scheme this autumn
- The plan is for faster progress on homes for the site of the Civic Centre in Marlowes and Cherry Bounce overlooking the Old Town.
- Housing on the Cherry Bounce site should be complete by November 2029, and on the Civic Centre site by April 2031.
- The timetable is on page 22 of DIP’s 2026 Investment Plan: