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Blackbirds Farm Blackbirds Lane Aldenham Watford Hertfordshire WD25 8BS

Awaiting decision Hertsmere 24/1429/CLE Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev

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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
Type
Certificate Existing Lawful Use/Dev
Status
Awaiting decision
Received
6 Nov 2024
Validated
6 Nov 2024
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.

  • 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.

    Submitted 19 Dec 2024 Full applications
  • 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).

    Decided 16 Oct 2024 Prior approval

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Nov 2024

    Received by Hertsmere

  2. 9 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 1 January 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Hertsmere took a median of 65 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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Documents

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Hertsmere for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Hertsmere decided lawful development applications in a median of 55 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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