Blackbirds Farm Blackbirds Lane Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8BS
Approved on 16 October 2024
Council decision: Prior Approval not requiredDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Construction of an agricultural building to store straw (Application for Prior Notification).
- Received
- 13 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Aldenham West
- ReceivedReceived13 Sep
- ValidatedValidated13 Sep
- Consult.Consultation9 Oct
- TargetTarget Date16 Oct
- DecidedDecided16 Oct
Decided in 33 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application at Blackbirds Farm Blackbirds Lane Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8BS. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 33 days, 3 weeks quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Aldenham West. We hold 496 applications in total for the WD25 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- WD25 8BS
- Application type
- PD - Prior Approval 28 day - Others
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Aldenham Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 13 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 9 October 2024
- Consultation start
- 16 October 2024
- Consultation end
- 9 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 9 October 2024
- Target decision date
- 16 October 2024
- Permission expires
- 16 October 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 11 Trentham Avenue Bournemouth Dorset BH7 7HX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 33 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13407338
- Documents
- 10
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20257 Jan
Retrospective application for change of use of Shed A from commercial engineering workshop to Class B8 Use…
PendingApplication24/1661/FUL - 20246 Nov
Mixed use for the operation of a heavy goods vehicle haulage business, including the parking of HGVs and…
ApprovedApplication24/1429/CLE - 202426 Mar
Erection of building to be used for cattle housing.
PendingApplication24/0416/FUL
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