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Grange Cottage Long Lane Heronsgate Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5BU

17/1893/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 16 November 2017

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing gatehouse cottage and construction of replacement Chalet style gatehouse cottage

Received
12 September 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Chorleywood South And Maple Cross
  1. Received12 Sep
  2. Validated29 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Oct
  4. Target24 Nov
  5. Decided16 Nov

Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Grange Cottage Long Lane Heronsgate Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 5BU. Three Rivers has handled 1,363 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 9 days longer than Three Rivers's typical decision time. The site is in the Heronsgate conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Chorleywood South And Maple Cross. We hold 2,814 applications in total for the WD3 postcode area.

88% of full applications at Three Rivers District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WD3 5BU
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Non-Parished

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 September 2017
Consultation expiry
3 November 2017
Consultation start
17 November 2017
Consultation end
25 October 2017
Neighbour consultation start
17 November 2017
Neighbour consultation end
25 October 2017
Target decision date
24 November 2017
Permission expires
16 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Agent address
369 Station Road Harrow Middlesex HA1 2AW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 October 2017
Advertisement expiry
3 November 2017
Site notice start
11 October 2017
Site notice end
1 November 2017

Additional information

Documents
21
Constraints
15

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: Heronsgate
  • Green belt: Three Rivers
  • 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.

© 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: Three Rivers

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