BBC Elstree Centre Clarendon Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1JF

25/0642/FULApproved

Approved on 16 December 2025

Council decision: Grant Permission

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

Proposal

Demolition of the existing buildings and provision of a film and television complex with ancillary floorspace, backlot, multi storey car park, landscaping, infrastructure and associated works.

Received: 28 April 2025
Council: Hertsmere Borough Council
Ward: Borehamwood Brookmeadow

ReceivedReceived28 Apr
ValidatedValidated13 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided16 Dec

Decided in 217 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at BBC Elstree Centre Clarendon Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1JF. Hertsmere has handled 7,136 applications of this type. This one was decided in 217 days, 23 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 20 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 87 applications across Borehamwood Brookmeadow. We hold 1,685 applications in total for the WD6 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: WD6 1JF
Parish: Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 May 2025

Planning decision

Case officer: Alexia Kallini

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (22)

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, 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.

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.

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13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Hertsmere

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