Garden Cottage Summerhouse Lane Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8DL

26/0833/LBCApproved

Approved on 7 September 2026

Council decision: Grants Consent

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Front boundary works to include new vehicular access, dropped kerb and vehicular hardstanding with associated gate / fencing, repair and extension to existing brick boundary wall and associated soft landscaping. (Associated application reference 26/0832/HSE.)

Received: 16 June 2026
Council: Hertsmere Borough Council
Ward: Aldenham West

ReceivedReceived16 Jun
ValidatedValidated16 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Sep

Decided in 83 days

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at Garden Cottage Summerhouse Lane Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8DL. Hertsmere has handled 7,136 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 4 weeks longer than Hertsmere's typical decision time. The site is in the Patchetts Green and Delrow conservation area. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Aldenham West. We hold 496 applications in total for the WD25 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: WD25 8DL
Parish: Aldenham Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Marcus Truman

Additional information

Documents: 18

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Patchetts Green and Delrow
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.

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

2026
16 Jun
Front boundary works to include new vehicular access, dropped kerb and vehicular hardstanding with associated…
ApprovedApplicationPart of26/0832/HSE
2026
16 Jun
Front boundary works to include new vehicular access, dropped kerb and vehicular hardstanding with associated…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/0833/LBC

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Hertsmere

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