Planning application
Melbury Stables Hilfield Lane South Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EL
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Installation of pedestrian footpath through the site linking to the nearby pavement on Elstree Road (as amended by plan received on 02.04.2026).
As published by the council, reference 25/1614/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/1614/FUL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Grant Permission
- Received
- 10 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 10 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 22 May 2026
- Ward
- Bushey Heath
- Parish
- No Parish
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WD23 4EL
Site history
Applications at this address on the Hertsmere register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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26/0781/PD56M Awaiting decision
Melbury Stables Hilfield Lane South Bushey Hertfordshire WD23 4EL
Change of use of office space to 5 self-contained flats.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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10 Nov 2025
Received by Hertsmere
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22 May 2026
Decision issued: Grant Permission
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9 Aug 2026
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Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Apcar Smith Planning Agent, a planning consultancy
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
- Decision notice
- Delegated report
- Biodiversity net gain guidance note (dated 01.04.2026)
- The statutory biodiversity metric start page
- Site plan with proposed footpath
- Agent's email: proposed footpath colour/material
- Arboriculture comments
- Highways response
- Psear response
- Ecology response
- Natural england response
- Natural england response
- Consultee comment submitted online
- Application form redacted
- Topographical survey
- Detailed site plan
- Planning statement with appendices
- Highways technical note
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