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Laurel Cottage Finches Avenue Redheath Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4LN

25/2223/CLEDCertificate of Lawfulness - Existing UseAwaiting decision
Lawful development certificate
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use: Use of Laurel Cottage and associated land as an independent dwellinghouse (Class C3).

Received
23 December 2025
Decision due
11 March 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Chorleywood North And Sarratt
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target11 Mar
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Laurel Cottage Finches Avenue Redheath Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4LN. Three Rivers has handled 281 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 23 December 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Chorleywood North And Sarratt. We hold 2,814 applications in total for the WD3 postcode area.

92% of amendment 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 4LN
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sarratt Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Consultation expiry
14 February 2026
Consultation end
9 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
9 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills
Agent address
33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 January 2026
Site notice end
14 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14551966
Documents
9
Constraints
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    23 Dec

    Removal of Condition 4 (ancillary accommodation) of planning permission 08/1190/FUL

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside25/2216/FUL
  2. 2025
    23 Dec

    Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use: Use of Laurel Cottage and associated land as an independent…

    This applicationPendingAmendment25/2223/CLED

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