East Hemel will also include parks, medical centre and four schools
The Crown Estate has submitted plans to build 4,000 new homes in Hertfordshire.
The estate, which part funds the monarchy, wants to build the homes at East Hemel on a 975 acre plot to the east of Hemel Hempstead.
Plans sent in to St Albans city and district council and Dacorum borough council also include up to four new schools, a medical centre, sports pitches and new retail and community facilities.
Land has also been ringfenced for traveller pitches alongside a new country park and valley park.
Consultants working on the scheme include project manager Turner & Townsend, cost consultant Aecom, planning firm David Lock Associates, masterplanner Prior + Partners and Michael Sparks Associates as commercial architect.
The scheme forms part of the Hemel Garden Communities programme, which aims to build up to 11,000 new homes by 2050.
The submission follows 18 months of community consultation, where concerns raised include traffic, integration with neighbouring communities, infrastructure and the provision of open space.
In May, the Crown Estate said it was buying a 50% share in six Lendlease projects in the UK including the Australian developer’s schemes at Euston station in London and Birmingham’s Smithfield Market.
The joint venture with the Sydney-based firm, which earlier this year sold its UK construction business to private equity which has since renamed it Bovis, could create up to 26,000 new homes and 900,000sq m of offices and laboratories across the six sites.
In July, the Crown Estate reported an annual net profit in the year to March of £1.15bn, up 4% on the previous year’s £1.1bn.
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