First Place Nursery Falconer Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3AQ

26/0847/FULFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision

Full

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

Proposal

Demolition of the existing nursery building followed by construction of 8 new residential homes to include amenity space, new trees, planting and car parking.

Received: 19 June 2026
Decision due: 14 August 2026
Public comments: 5 · last counted 10 October 2026
Council: Hertsmere Borough Council
Ward: Bushey St James
Agent: mark bell architects

ReceivedReceived19 Jun
ValidatedValidated19 Jun
Consult.Consultation17 Jul
TargetTarget Date14 Aug
DecidedDecided

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Comments close on 17 July.

Comment on the council's site Documents (32)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at First Place Nursery Falconer Road Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 3AQ. Hertsmere has handled 1,861 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There have been 12 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 76 applications across Bushey St James. 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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Application details

Postcode: WD23 3AQ
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 June 2026
Consultation expiry: 17 July 2026
Consultation start: 26 June 2026
Consultation end: 17 July 2026
Neighbour consultation start: 26 June 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 17 July 2026
Last date for comments: 17 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: mark bell architects
Architect profile: MARK BELL ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: Bloxham Mill Barford Road Bloxham OX14 4FF

Planning decision

Case officer: Caitlin Ellis
Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14976643
Documents: 32
Constraints: 34

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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12 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Hertsmere

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