Melbury Stables Hilfield Lane South Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EL
Approved on 31 July 2026
Council decision: PD56 -Prior Approval GivenDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of office space to 5 self-contained flats.
- Received
- 5 June 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Hertsmere Borough Council
- Ward
- Bushey Heath
- Agent
- Apcar Smith Planning
- ReceivedReceived5 Jun
- ValidatedValidated17 Jun
- Consult.Consultation17 Jul
- TargetTarget Date5 Aug
- DecidedDecided31 Jul
Decided in 44 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at Melbury Stables Hilfield Lane South Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EL. Hertsmere has handled 952 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Bushey Heath. 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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Application details
- Postcode
- WD23 4EL
- Application type
- PD - Prior Approval 56 day -C BUS TO RES
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- No Parish
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 July 2026
- Consultation start
- 3 August 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation start
- 23 June 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 July 2026
- Last date for comments
- 17 July 2026
- Target decision date
- 5 August 2026
- Decision issued
- 3 August 2026
- Permission expires
- 3 August 2031
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Apcar Smith Planning
- Agent address
- Kinetic House Theobald Street Borehamwood WD6 4PJ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14990066
- Documents
- 12
- Constraints
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Hertsmere
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Consultants on this application
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