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North London AD Facility Coursers Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath Hertfordshire

24/0862/PD56OPD - Prior Approval 56 day - OthersApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 21 August 2024

Council decision: PD56 - Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of solar PV equipment on the roof of the existing reception building.

Received
2 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Shenley
  1. Received2 Jul
  2. Validated8 Jul
  3. Consult.31 Jul
  4. Target26 Aug
  5. Decided21 Aug

Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at North London AD Facility Coursers Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath Hertfordshire. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days, 6 days quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Shenley.

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

Application type
PD - Prior Approval 56 day - Others
Scale / size
Small
Parish
The Parish Council South Mimms And Ridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 July 2024
Consultation expiry
14 August 2024
Consultation start
10 July 2024
Consultation end
31 July 2024
Neighbour consultation start
10 July 2024
Neighbour consultation end
31 July 2024
Last date for comments
14 August 2024
Target decision date
26 August 2024
Decision issued
23 August 2024
Permission expires
23 August 2029

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 July 2024
Advertisement expiry
14 August 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13203378
Comments
0
Documents
13
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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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