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Land Adjacent To Oak Villa Wash Lane South Mimms Hertfordshire

18/0923/CLECertificate Existing Lawful Use/DevRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 14 August 2018

Council decision: Refuse to Grant CertificateDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Continued use of land as a Construction Business (Certificate of Lawful Development - Existing)

Received
10 May 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Shenley
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated10 May
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 96 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Land Adjacent To Oak Villa Wash Lane South Mimms Hertfordshire. Hertsmere has handled 181 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 6 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Shenley.

77% of amendment applications at Hertsmere Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size
Small
Parish
South Mimms Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 May 2018
Consultation expiry
20 June 2018
Consultation start
18 May 2018
Consultation end
8 June 2018
Neighbour consultation start
23 August 2018
Neighbour consultation end
8 June 2018
Last date for comments
20 June 2018
Target decision date
5 July 2018
Decision issued
22 August 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent
Aitchison Raffety
Agent address
154 High Street Berkhamsted HP4 3AT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 May 2018
Advertisement expiry
20 June 2018

Appeal

Appeal reference
19/0021/APP
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06959653
Documents
13
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: Hertsmere
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Hertsmere

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