1 Loom Lane Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8AA

25/0216/CLPCertificate Proposed Lawful Use/DevRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 8 May 2025

Council decision: Refuse to Grant CertificateDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Creation of new vehicular access onto Loom Lane. Certificate of lawful development (Proposed).

Received: 17 February 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: Hertsmere Borough Council
Ward: Aldenham East

ReceivedReceived17 Feb
ValidatedValidated6 Mar
Consult.Consultation24 Apr
TargetTarget Date16 May
DecidedDecided8 May

Decided in 63 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 1 Loom Lane Radlett Hertfordshire WD7 8AA. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Radlett South conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 172 applications across Aldenham East. We hold 1,025 applications in total for the WD7 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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Why it was refused

The details supplied with the application fail to demonstrate which Class in Schedule 2 of the GPDO the "Creation of new vehicular access onto Loom Lane" is in connection with, or why it is required. Without this information the applicant fails to demonstrate that the proposal would comply with the requirements of Schedule 2, Part 2, Class B of the GDPO and therefore the application for the Lawful Development Certificate (proposed) is refused. First Schedule (description of operations) Creation of new vehicular access onto Loom Lane. Certificate of lawful development (Proposed).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: WD7 8AA
Application type: Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Aldenham Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 6 March 2025
Consultation expiry: 24 April 2025
Consultation start: 16 May 2025
Consultation end: 24 April 2025
Last date for comments: 24 April 2025
Target decision date: 16 May 2025
Decision issued: 16 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Office 2 13 Bodmin Place Milton Keynes MK10 7DP

Planning decision

Statutory period: 71 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13779257
Documents: 8
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Radlett South
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.

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