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33C High Street Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1BD

23/0512/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 14 June 2023

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Change of use of the existing dwelling (C3) to commercial premise (Class E) (retrospective application, description of development updated 31.05.2023).

Received
5 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bushey St James
Agent
Alan Cox Associates
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided14 Jun

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 33C High Street Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1BD. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1BD
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2023
Consultation expiry
19 May 2023
Consultation start
14 June 2023
Consultation end
8 May 2023
Neighbour consultation start
14 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
10 May 2023
Last date for comments
19 May 2023
Target decision date
16 June 2023
Permission expires
14 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Alan Cox Associates
Architect profile
ALAN COX ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Agent address
224A High Street, Barnet, EN5 5SZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
63 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 April 2023
Advertisement expiry
19 May 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12064494
Documents
18
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bushey High Street
  • 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, 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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