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Haberdashers Askes Boys School Butterfly Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AF

24/1135/FULApproved

Approved on 14 April 2026

Council decision: Permission subject to/linked to Sect 10614 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Demolition of the existing Bates Building and erection of a replacement dining building, as well as alterations to the existing modern foreign languages (MFL) building to create a pastoral entrance hub, with associated landscaping scheme including a cloister, the removal of car parking, and utilising existing access from Butterfly Lane.

Received
4 September 2024
Ward
Aldenham West
  1. Received4 Sep
  2. Validated4 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 587 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Haberdashers Askes Boys School Butterfly Lane Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AF. Hertsmere has handled 7,138 applications of this type. This one was decided in 587 days, 76 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Aldenham West. We hold 1,685 applications in total for the WD6 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WD6 3AF
Parish
Aldenham Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 September 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Georgia O'Brien

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
  • Registered park and garden: Aldenham House
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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