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42 Richfield Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4RQ

25/1634/HSEHouseholder ApplicationApproved
Householder

Approved on 13 January 2026

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Conversion of garage to habitable space, with window to replace garage door and replacement roof, construction of side extension and new flat roof over existing side extension, increased height to existing front dormer and insertion of side rooflight, removal of rear chimney stack, and alterations to fenestration. (Retrospective application, some elements approved under application reference 24/1581/HSE.)

Received
13 November 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bushey Park
Agent
YOOP Architects
  1. Received13 Nov
  2. Validated19 Nov
  3. Consult.11 Dec
  4. Target14 Jan
  5. Decided13 Jan

Decided in 55 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 42 Richfield Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4RQ. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications 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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Application details

Postcode
WD23 4RQ
Application type
Householder Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 November 2025
Consultation expiry
11 December 2025
Consultation start
20 November 2025
Consultation end
11 December 2025
Neighbour consultation start
20 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
11 December 2025
Last date for comments
11 December 2025
Target decision date
14 January 2026
Decision issued
14 January 2026
Permission expires
14 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
YOOP Architects
Architect profile
YOOP LIMITED
Agent address
Office 128 28A Church Road Stanmore HA7 4AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14485541
Comments
0
Documents
16
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Brownfield land register: 55 Richfield Road, Bushey, WD23 4JYRegister site at or near this address
  • 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, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    13 Nov

    Conversion of garage to habitable space, with window to replace garage door and replacement roof…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/1634/HSE
  2. 2024
    5 Dec

    Conversion of garage to habitable space with window in place of garage door and replacement flat roof…

    ApprovedHouseholderPart of24/1581/HSE

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