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Caldecote Farm Equestrian Centre 1 Hilfield Lane South Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EL

25/0768/PD28OPD - Prior Approval 28 day - OthersApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 13 June 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Approve DetDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of agricultural store and workshop (Application for Prior Notification).

Received
19 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bushey Heath
Agent
Casson Conder Partnership
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated19 May
  3. Consult.4 Jul
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided13 Jun

Decided in 25 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at Caldecote Farm Equestrian Centre 1 Hilfield Lane South Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EL. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 4 weeks quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Bushey Heath. We hold 1,929 applications in total for the WD23 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
WD23 4EL
Application type
PD - Prior Approval 28 day - Others
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 May 2025
Consultation expiry
4 July 2025
Consultation start
13 June 2025
Consultation end
4 July 2025
Last date for comments
4 July 2025
Target decision date
13 June 2025
Permission expires
13 June 2030

Applicant and agent

Agent
Casson Conder Partnership
Agent address
167-169 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PF

Planning decision

Statutory period
25 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14010943
Documents
8
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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© 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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