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51 High Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1EE

21/1128/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 17 March 2022

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a 4 storey rear extension to provide additional commercial floor space at basement and ground floor levels, creation of 2 x 1 bed flats plus extension/enhancement of existing flats at 1st and 2nd floor levels with associated parking and cycle storage provision (as amended by plans received 24/01/2022).

Received
26 May 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bushey Heath
Agent
Drawing and Planning Ltd
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated28 May
  3. Consult.8 Apr
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 293 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 51 High Road Bushey Heath Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1EE. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 295 days, 34 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Bushey Heath. 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 1EE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 May 2021
Consultation expiry
8 April 2022
Consultation start
18 March 2022
Consultation end
8 April 2022
Neighbour consultation start
18 March 2022
Neighbour consultation end
22 June 2021
Last date for comments
8 April 2022
Target decision date
16 March 2022
Decision issued
18 March 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Drawing and Planning Ltd
Agent address
Mercham House 25-27 The Burroughs Hendon NW4 4AR United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
292 days

Appeal

Appeal reference
22/0030/APP
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3301026
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 13 February 2023Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09825739
Documents
38
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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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