An 18-hole golf course, between St Albans and Hemel Hempstead, could see 10 additional holes added.
Plans for the Centurion Club, on Hemel Hempstead Road, were submitted to St Albans City & District Council's planning committee on Friday, November 17.
Nine holes would be included in a new 27-hole main layout, with one hole added to an existing hole to form an academy course.
No "built developments" are included in the plans, meaning that it would constitute "not inappropriate" Green Belt development, according to a planning statement attached to the application.
The land that would be used is heavily wooded, with over 1,800 trees present.
A draft proposal would have seen 188,604sqm of the 359,788sqm of woodland at the site removed, equalling 52 per cent in total.
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The planning application states: "The proposals have sought to minimise impacts on biodiversity and - following the implementation of appropriate avoidance, mitigation and compensation measures - they ensure that no significant harm to biodiversity arises."
The golf club opened in 2013, and has since hosted the Golf Sixes tournament in 2017 and 2018, and the LIV Golf Invitational Series for the past two years.
Residents have until Saturday, December 30, to comment or object to the application, which can be found by using reference 5/2023/2112 on the St Albans planning portal: www.stalbans.gov.uk/view-and-track-planning-applications
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