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26 Melbourne Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3LN

21/0714/PD56ADPD - Prior App 56 day- upwards Hse extRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 18 May 2021

Council decision: PD56 - Refused Prior ApprovalDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of additional storey to existing residential dwelling.

Received
31 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bushey Park
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.9 Jun
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 26 Melbourne Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3LN. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Bushey Park. We hold 1,928 applications in total for the WD23 postcode area.

81% of outline 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 3LN
Application type
PD - Prior App 56 day- upwards Hse ext
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 March 2021
Consultation expiry
9 June 2021
Consultation start
19 May 2021
Consultation end
9 June 2021
Neighbour consultation start
19 May 2021
Neighbour consultation end
4 May 2021
Last date for comments
9 June 2021
Target decision date
19 May 2021
Decision issued
19 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
East Lodge Essex Lane Kings Langley Herts WD4 8PN

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 April 2021
Advertisement expiry
6 May 2021

Appeal

Appeal reference
21/0029/APP
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3280752
Dismissed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 1 April 2022Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Documents
13
Constraints
10

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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