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Burness Cottages Aldenham Road Elstree Hertfordshire

26/0160/FULApproved

Approved on 20 July 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission8 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Subdivision of single dwelling into 2x dwellings, and alterations to fenestration (retrospective).

Received
9 February 2026
Ward
Elstree
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 157 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Burness Cottages Aldenham Road Elstree Hertfordshire. Hertsmere has handled 7,138 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 14 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Elstree Village conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 104 applications across Elstree. We hold 1,685 applications in total for the WD6 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WD6 3BY
Parish
Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Monika Vistartaite

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Elstree Village
  • Listed building: Grade II: 1 and 3, High StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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