On 24 Jul, 20:44, wrote:
Maybe in 1940 , not now. It would be prime commuter belt country. Or
not-so-much country rather. As soon as the piccadilly line was
extended to Cockfosters in the 30s the houses followed it. I can't
see any reason why Bushey would have been different.

I can - planning law.

Was there any then? I though green belt was a 50s thing.

No, the Greater London Plan of 1944.

http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/...tionRecord.286

That's precisely what sank the New Works Plan - as soon as it became
clear that LRT couldn't repeat the Metropolitan Railway trick of
developing suburbs as you built railways, there was no point in
building anything that hadn't been done before the war (Central Line
extensions) or as a wartime effort (Mill Hill barracks branch).

It's the only reason the Central Line ever went as far as Ongar - the
original plan was to develop that part of Essex as commuterville,
rather than remote rural nowhere.

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