27A Harcourt Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3PP
Refused on 11 May 2026
Council decision: Refuse to Grant Certificate1 reason for refusal
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Proposal
Change of use from C3 to C2 to support 3x children up to 18 years of age, with 2x carers present. Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed).
- Received
- 20 March 2026
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Bushey St James
- ReceivedReceived20 Mar
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date15 May
- DecidedDecided11 May
Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 27A Harcourt Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3PP. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 4 days quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Bushey St James. We hold 1,928 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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Why it was refused
- The proposal would constitute a material change of use that would not be permissible under the General Permitted Development Order 2015 (as amended). Given this, express planning permission from the Local Planning Authority would be required for the proposed development, and this has not been obtained. As such, the proposed development is not lawful and therefore the application for a Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed) is refused. First Schedule (description of operations) Change of use from C3 to C2 to support 3x children up to 18 years of age, with 2x carers present. Certificate of Lawful Development (Proposed).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- WD23 3PP
- Application type
- Certificate Proposed Lawful Use/Dev
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 15 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ARCHITECTUREHAUSUK
- Agent address
- 48 Hawthorne Place Epsom Surrey KT17 4AA
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Monika Vistartaite
- Statutory period
- 56 days
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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Hertsmere
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