Land West Of Hilfield Lane Aldenham Hertfordshire
Approved on 11 August 2026
Council decision: Grant Permission33 conditions
Proposal
Application for the Variation of Conditions 3 (limit) and 4 (decommissioning) following the grant of planning permission reference 25/0153/FUL (appeal reference APP/N1920/W/25/3368845) for the proposed development of a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) including ancillary works and access arrangements. Variation of conditions would allow extending the time limit of the operational life of the BESS to 40 years.
- Received
- 24 April 2026
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Aldenham West
- ReceivedReceived24 Apr
- ValidatedValidated24 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided11 Aug
Decided in 109 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Land West Of Hilfield Lane Aldenham Hertfordshire. Hertsmere has handled 7,150 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 8 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Aldenham conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Aldenham West.
Application details
- Parish
- Aldenham Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Lisa Page
Additional information
- Documents
- 18
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Aldenham
- 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 (20)
flood storage 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Hertsmere
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