On 24 Jul, 18:04, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
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On Jul 24, 1:21 pm, Jamie Thompson wrote:
connection no less. The main utility of the extension would not be
through commuting, but local domestic journeys (e.g. I have family

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.

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On 24 Jul, 18:04, (Colin Rosenstiel) wrote:
In article
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On Jul 24, 1:21 pm, Jamie Thompson wrote:
connection no less. The main utility of the extension would not
be
through commuting, but local domestic journeys (e.g. I have
family

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.

My point exactly. Planning law was very limited pre-war (though some did
exist) and is now comprehensive.

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Colin Rosenstiel

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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John Band
john at johnband dot org
www.johnband.org

On Jul 25, 12:24 am, John B wrote:
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

I suppose ironically today , even if the suburbs couldn't have been
extended , a station at bushey heath would be a superb park and ride
location for commuters driving down the M1/A41. There would have been
plenty of room for a huge carpark. Parl & ride does seem to be
something the tube lacks - the terminus stations have carparks but
they're mostly way too small to be of any use other than to locals.

B2003