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Melbury Stables Hilfield Lane South Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EL

25/1614/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 May 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of pedestrian footpath through the site linking to the nearby pavement on Elstree Road (as amended by plan received on 02.04.2026).

Received
10 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Bushey Heath
Agent
Apcar Smith Planning
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 193 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Melbury Stables Hilfield Lane South Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EL. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 193 days, 20 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Bushey Heath. 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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Application details

Postcode
WD23 4EL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2025
Consultation expiry
23 April 2026
Consultation start
26 May 2026
Consultation end
23 April 2026
Neighbour consultation start
26 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 December 2025
Last date for comments
23 April 2026
Target decision date
22 May 2026
Permission expires
22 May 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Apcar Smith Planning
Agent address
Kinetic House Theobald Street Borehamwood WD6 4PJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
193 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14474585
Documents
18
Constraints
10

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

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.

© 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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