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16 Merry Hill Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1DY

24/0462/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 May 2024

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of new vehicular and pedestrian access gates for approved development under planning permission reference 22/2016/VOC.

Received
5 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bushey St James
Agent
John Farquharson Partnership
  1. Received5 Apr
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target31 May
  5. Decided30 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 16 Merry Hill Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 1DY. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days. There have been 2 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 1DY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2024
Consultation expiry
3 May 2024
Consultation start
31 May 2024
Consultation end
3 May 2024
Neighbour consultation start
31 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
3 May 2024
Last date for comments
3 May 2024
Target decision date
31 May 2024
Decision issued
31 May 2024
Permission expires
31 May 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
John Farquharson Partnership
Architect profile
JOHN FARQUHARSON PARTNERS LIMITED
Agent address
6 Hare Hall Lane Gidea Park Romford Essex RM2 6BD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12955057
Documents
7
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 16 And Land Rear Of 14 To 18A Merry Hill Road, Bushey, WD23 1DYRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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