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Margaret House Residential Home Parsonage Close Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0BQ

Granted Three Rivers 23/1352/FUL Full Application

Works: Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Demolition of existing care home building and redevelopment of site to provide 27no. residential units, with associated access, parking and landscaping works

As published by the council, reference 23/1352/FUL

Application record

Reference
23/1352/FUL
Type
Full Application
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: approved
Received
11 Aug 2023
Validated
23 Aug 2023
Decided
27 Aug 2024
Ward
Abbots Langley And Bedmond
Parish
Abbots Langley Parish Council
Decision by
Committee Decision
Postcode
WD5 0BQ

Site history

Applications at this address on the Three Rivers register

This site has had 3 applications since 2023: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/1170/FUL Granted

    Margaret House Residential Home Parsonage Close Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0BQ

    Variation of Condition 2 (Plans) pursuant to planning permission 23/1352/FUL to alter footpath alignment

    Decided 26 Feb 2026 Full applications
  • 23/2136/DDD Granted

    Margaret House Residential Home Parsonage Close Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0BQ

    URGENT 5 DAY APPLICATION Please refer to document provide: Margaret House - recommended works. This former residential care home has now come back under the control and management of Hertfordshire County Council and unfortunately since the property has become vacant there have been a number of attempted break-ins and acts of vandalism. Therefore Herts CC are to install a number security cameras that will be monitored remotely. For this to be affective a certain amount of vegetation needs to be cut back/removed so that 360 vision can be gained throughout the site. Not all of Margaret house falls within the conservation area. I have highlighted in yellow (within the recommended works document) the trees that do. Also included within this document is the proposed works to some small hedges/shrubs that are regularly maintained and are under 2 meters in height but still need to be removed to allow full coverage by security cameras. I assume these do not come under Conservation area protection.

    Decided 22 Dec 2023 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 11 Aug 2023

    Received by Three Rivers

  2. 23 Aug 2023

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 27 Aug 2024

    Decision issued: approved

  4. 4 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 25/1170/FUL Granted

    Margaret House Residential Home Parsonage Close Abbots Langley Hertfordshire WD5 0BQ

    Variation of Condition 2 (Plans) pursuant to planning permission 23/1352/FUL to alter footpath alignment

    Decided 26 Feb 2026 Full applications

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

105 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Three Rivers granted permission on 27 August 2024, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

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A full application seeks permission for a complete, detailed proposal in one go, with siting, design, access and landscaping all fixed at this stage. More in our guide to planning application types.

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    25/1170/FUL Submitted 8 Jul 2025 50 yards away

    Variation of Condition 2 (Plans) pursuant to planning permission 23/1352/FUL to alter footpath alignment

    Granted Full applications 22 docs
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    20/1746/DIS Submitted 24 Aug 2020 100 yards away

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  • St Lawrence Church Vicarage 6 High Street Abbots Langley WD5 0AS

    19/0107/TCA Submitted 17 Jan 2019 100 yards away

    T1 - Large Sycamore - Reduce overhang from gardens of 5+6 by 2-3m and remove major deadwood. T2 - Twin Stemmed Ash - Reduce in height and spread by 2-3m. T3 - Hazel bush and mixed shrubs - Cut back to boundary line. T4 - Sycamore - Reduce overhang approx. in line with boundary. Reason - The residents have safety concerns of branches overhanging. General maintenance to trees to keep residents happy.

    Granted Trees 3 docs
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    24/0895/TCA Submitted 5 Jun 2024 100 yards away

    Tree Numbers 187,188,190,191,193,194,195,197,198,203,204,205,208,212,213,215,218,222,258 (all common Lime) 224 (Horse Chestnut) remove deadwood>20mm in diameter. Tree number 235 (Common Lime) has stem pressing against an outbuilding in the neighbouring garden of a house in Abbots Road. There is a crack in the building structure almost certainly caused by the tree and the stem is pressing on the roof and the damage to the building will get worse as the tree grows.

    Granted Trees 6 docs
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    21/0380/TCA Submitted 18 Feb 2021 100 yards away

    T2 - Yew in south-west corner of site - Prune branches overhanging public footpath (St Lawrence Close) to provide 2.5m clearance from ground level T3 - Yew in south-west corner of site - Prune branches overhanging public footpath (St Lawrence Close) to provide 2.5m clearance from ground level T4 - Cotoneaster in middle of lawn- Reduce crown height and spread by 2-3 metres - Remove approximately 50% of vertical shoots from within interior of crown to encourage a more tree-like form

    Granted Trees 3 docs

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