53 Balmoral Drive Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2QJ
Approved on 11 February 2026
Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions
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Proposal
Conversion of loft to habitable space including hip to gable roof alterations, rear dormer, 3x front roof lights and side window.
- Received
- 17 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Borehamwood Kenilworth
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated2 Dec
- Consult.Consultation24 Dec
- TargetTarget Date2 Feb
- DecidedDecided11 Feb
Decided in 71 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 53 Balmoral Drive Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 2QJ. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Borehamwood Kenilworth. We hold 1,689 applications in total for the WD6 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
- WD6 2QJ
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 27 December 2025
- Consultation start
- 3 December 2025
- Consultation end
- 24 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation start
- 20 February 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 27 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 27 December 2025
- Target decision date
- 2 February 2026
- Decision issued
- 20 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 20 February 2029
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 29 Woodstock Rd Walthamstow London E17 4BH
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 62 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14493618
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Hertsmere
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