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Land To The West Of Swanland Road South Mimms Hertfordshire

26/0723/EI1Environmental Impact Ass. ScreeningApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 June 2026

Proposal

Request for screening opinion (Environmental Assessment - Screening) - Proposed development of a solar farm, including associated ancillary infrastructure and development and landscape and environmental enhancements

Received
27 May 2026
Public comments
6
Ward
Shenley
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Jun
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 15 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a solar installation at Land To The West Of Swanland Road South Mimms Hertfordshire. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 6 weeks quicker than Hertsmere's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Shenley.

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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Application details

Application type
Environmental Impact Ass. Screening
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
The Parish Council South Mimms And Ridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2026
Target decision date
17 June 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
1
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Hertsmere

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