They want to add 37,110 homes to East Hertfordshire. And they have no plans to build infrastructure.
The government wants to build 1,237 homes a year in East Hertfordshire. At that rate, sustained for thirty years, that is 37,110 homes - +54% on the 68,478 dwellings already in the area.
There are 30 towns and villages in our list for East Hertfordshire. That is an average of 41.2 new homes a year across every settlement in the area - about 1,237 each over thirty years, if the annual figure were spread evenly.
What we've got now
- In East Hertfordshire in 2025, there were 4,954 hours of sewage spills, at Theydon Bois. Sewage →
- About 2,431 patients per GP in East Hertfordshire. GPs →
- 21 schools over capacity in East Hertfordshire. Schools →
- 730 MW still waiting to connect at Pelham. Energy →
- Local A-roads in Hertfordshire: 33.6 seconds delay per mile, worst on the A4178. Transport →
Now they want another 37,110 homes here.
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Towns and villages
See how many homes are being proposed in each town and village in the area.
- Aspenden
- Aston
- Bayford
- Benington
- Bishop's Stortford
- Braughing
- Buntingford
- Cottered
- Dane End
- Datchworth
- Great Amwell
- Great Hormead
- Hadham Cross
- Hertford
- Hertford Heath
- High Cross
- Hunsdon
- Little Berkhamsted
- Little Hadham
- Puckeridge and Standon
- Sawbridgeworth
- Spellbrook
- Stanstead Abbotts
- Tewin
- Tewin Wood
- Thundridge and Wadesmill
- Walkern
- Ware
- Watton at Stone
- Widford
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