First Place Nursery Falconer Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3AQ

19/0648/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 2 March 2020

Council decision: Permission subject to/linked to Sect 106Planning committee

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Proposal

Demolition of the existing nursery building followed by a new single storey nursery building with associated parking, landscaping and facilities. Development to include 9 new residential homes, amenity space, new trees, planting and car parking with alterations to the existing access.

Received: 23 April 2019
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 37
Council: Hertsmere Borough Council
Ward: Bushey St James
Agent: CDS Planning

ReceivedReceived23 Apr
ValidatedValidated23 Apr
Consult.Consultation24 Mar
TargetTarget Date2 Mar
DecidedDecided2 Mar

Decided in 314 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at First Place Nursery Falconer Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3AQ. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 314 days, 37 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Bushey St James. We hold 1,928 applications in total for the WD23 postcode area.

90% of full 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

Postcode: WD23 3AQ
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 April 2019
Consultation expiry: 24 March 2020
Consultation start: 3 March 2020
Consultation end: 24 March 2020
Neighbour consultation start: 3 March 2020
Neighbour consultation end: 4 June 2019
Last date for comments: 24 March 2020
Target decision date: 2 March 2020
Committee meeting: 14 November 2019
Permission expires: 2 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: CDS Planning
Agent address: Market Housek Market Square Aylesbury HP20 1TN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 314 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 31 May 2019
Advertisement expiry: 21 June 2019
Site notice start: 30 May 2019
Site notice end: 20 June 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-07723753
Documents: 60
Constraints: 8

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.

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This applicationPermission subject to/linked to Sect 106Full19/0648/FUL

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8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Hertsmere

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