It sounds like a dream on paper – but that's exactly where residents near the proposed site want it to stay. Built as a new town after the Second World War, Hemel Hempstead is notorious for its slum-clearance housing estates and 'Magic Roundabout', which boasts six junctions within a giant one. One objector to 'Boxmoor Forest', which is named after a green space it would overlook, said: 'The design is laughable. Situated next to the town's railway station, Boxmoor Forest would transform a brownfield site used by a Kwik Fit garage and a Mitsubishi showroom. One objector to 'Boxmoor Forest', which is named after a green space it would overlook, said: 'The design is laughable'.

Source: Daily Mail February 11, 2018 22:05 UTC