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18 Pentland Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4QN

25/0644/HSEHouseholder ApplicationRefused
Householder

Refused on 14 July 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Retrospective application for a first floor rear extension.

Received
28 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bushey Park
Agent
PMV Planning
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated28 Apr
  3. Consult.23 May
  4. Target15 Jul
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 77 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 18 Pentland Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4QN. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 51 applications across Bushey Park. We hold 1,928 applications in total for the WD23 postcode area.

90% of full 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

  1. The retrospective first floor rear extension, by reason of its siting, width, depth and relationship with ground floor and roof level extensions, would result in an incongruous, visually intrusive and disproportionate addition that would substantially harm the form, proportions and appearance of the dwelling, and result in a development that is out of character with the local area. The proposal is not thought to have has not overcome the previous grounds for refusal. As such, the proposal would fail to comply with the NPPF 2024, Policies SP1, SP2, CS22, of the Hertsmere Core Strategy 2013; Policies SADM3 & SADM30 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Plan 2016 and Part D 2016 and Part E 2006 of the Planning and Design Guide SPD.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WD23 4QN
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 April 2025
Consultation expiry
23 May 2025
Neighbour consultation start
1 May 2025
Neighbour consultation end
23 May 2025
Last date for comments
23 May 2025
Target decision date
15 July 2025
Decision issued
15 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
PMV Planning
Agent address
124 City Road London EC1V 2NX

Planning decision

Statutory period
78 days

Appeal history

3370168
Allowed
Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 16 December 2025Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13948036
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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

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© 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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