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Beef Barn Coursers Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath Hertfordshire

26/0768/FULFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 September 2026

Council decision: Grant Permission

Proposal

Change of use from Agricultural to B2 (General Industrial) and Class B8 (Storage or Distribution) of Unit 65, Coursers Farm, London Colney.

Received
4 June 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Shenley
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jun
  3. Consult.13 Jul
  4. Target12 Aug
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 78 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Beef Barn Coursers Farm Coursers Road Colney Heath Hertfordshire. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 5 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Beer conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Shenley.

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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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
The Parish Council South Mimms And Ridge

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 June 2026
Consultation expiry
14 July 2026
Consultation start
22 June 2026
Consultation end
13 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start
23 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 July 2026
Last date for comments
14 July 2026
Target decision date
12 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills
Agent address
Wytham Court 11 West Way Botley Oxford OX2 0QL

Planning decision

Case officer
Caitlin Ellis
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14932793
Documents
18
Constraints
14

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    21 Oct

    Removal of condition 7 (restriction of outside storage) following grant of planning permission 26/0768/FUL

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)26/1529/VOC
  2. 2026
    4 Jun

    Change of use from Agricultural to B2 (General Industrial) and Class B8 (Storage or Distribution) of Unit 65…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/0768/FUL

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