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156 The Drive Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4DH

25/1679/OUTOutline ApplicationRefused
Reserved matters

Refused on 19 December 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Outline application: Construction of 2no. detached two-storey, self-build dwellings, to the rear of No.156 The Drive, with associated access, parking, and landscaping works (Appearance and Scale as reserved matters)

Received
29 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
71
Ward
Rickmansworth Town
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated10 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 70 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application at 156 The Drive Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4DH. Three Rivers has handled 531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 4 weeks longer than Three Rivers's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 79 applications across Rickmansworth Town. We hold 2,820 applications in total for the WD3 postcode area.

92% of outline 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 4DH
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Batchworth Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 October 2025
Consultation expiry
12 January 2026
Consultation end
12 January 2026
Neighbour consultation end
14 November 2025
Target decision date
5 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
23 October 2025
Site notice end
13 November 2025

Appeal history

6003684
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 21 July 2026Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14364870
Documents
96
Constraints
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, 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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