Planning application
Blackbirds Farm Blackbirds Lane Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8BS
Decided. The decision notice on the council portal carries the outcome in full, including any conditions.
Proposal
Mixed use for the operation of a heavy goods vehicle haulage business, including the parking of HGVs and semi-trailers, in addition to the use of the site for other lawful uses including as the operational hub for agricultural and equestrian activities and for non-agricultural business uses operating pursuant to the grant of various planning permissions for re-use of buildings within the application site Certificate of Lawful Development (Existing).
As published by the council, reference 24/1429/CLE
Application record
- Reference
- 24/1429/CLE
- Category
- Lawful development
- Status
- Decided
- Received
- 6 Nov 2024
- Validated
- 6 Nov 2024
- Decided
- 27 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Aldenham West
- Parish
- Aldenham Parish
- Postcode
- WD25 8BS
Site history
Applications at this address on the Hertsmere register
This site has had 3 applications since 2024: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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24/1661/FUL Awaiting decision
Blackbirds Farm Blackbirds Lane Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8BS
Retrospective application for change of use of Shed A from commercial engineering workshop to Class B8 Use for storage or distribution centre.
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24/1174/PD28O Granted
Blackbirds Farm Blackbirds Lane Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8BS
Construction of an agricultural building to store straw (Application for Prior Notification).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Nov 2024
Received by Hertsmere
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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27 Aug 2026
Decision issued
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10 Sep 2026
Status changed to Decided
Previously Awaiting decision.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Woodfines LLP Agent
2 applications on PlanIndex
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
85 documents on file for this application
- Delegated report
- Decision notice
- Natural england response
- Natural england appendix a to response
- Applicationformredacted
- Location plan
- Statutory declaration of alexander pinkerton - signed and dated 05.11.2024
- Fisher statutory declaration and exhibits
- Fogg statutory declaration
- Choake statutory declaration
- Chapman statutory declaration
- Atkinson statutory declaration
- Tulloch statutory declaration
- Fieldhouse statutory declaration
- French statutory declaration
- Mcluskey statutory declaration
- Burgess statutory declaration
- Florence statutory declaration
- Evans statutory declaration
- Supporting statement of nathan taylor-allkins and nta1
- Location plan & statutory declaration
- Exhibit 10
- Exhibit 11
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- Exhibit 29
- Exhibit 3
- Exhibit 30
- Exhibit 31
- Exhibit 32
- Exhibit 33
- Exhibit 34
- Exhibit 35
- Exhibit 36
- Exhibit 37
- Exhibit 38
- Goods vehicle inspection & rectification report - trailers
- Exhibit 39
- Exhibit 4
- Exhibit 40
- Exhibit 41
- Exhibit 42
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- Exhibit 46
- Exhibit 47
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- Exhibit 62
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- Exhibit 8
- Exhibit 9
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