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50 Bushey Grove Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2JJ

26/0606/FULFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 14 July 2026

Council decision: Refuse Permission1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of part single, part two storey side and rear extension, rear extension at first floor and loft level with 3x rear dormers and insertion of 2x rear rooflights, alterations to fenestration, car parking and cycle storage. Retention of existing HMO (sui generis) use. (Part previously approved under applications reference 25/1206/FUL and 26/0042/FUL.)

Received
5 May 2026
Public comments
5
Ward
Bushey North
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.8 Jun
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided14 Jul

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 50 Bushey Grove Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 2JJ. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 2 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 57 applications across Bushey North. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, as a result of the introduction of the rear extension at first floor level in relation to its siting, design, scale, mass and bulk would have a significantly detrimental impact on the character and appearance of the area and would fail to respect the special and historic character of the locally listed building. The proposal therefore fails to comply with the National Planning Policy Framework 2024; Policies CS14 and CS22 of the Hertsmere Core Strategy 2013; Policies SADM29 and SADM30 of the Site Allocations and Development Management Policies Plan 2016; Part E of the Planning and Design Guide SPD 2006; and Draft Part D of the High Quality Sustainable Development SPD 2016.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WD23 2JJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2026
Consultation expiry
10 June 2026
Consultation start
18 May 2026
Consultation end
8 June 2026
Neighbour consultation start
19 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end
10 June 2026
Last date for comments
10 June 2026
Target decision date
9 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Marcus Truman
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14909534
Documents
7
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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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