13 Church Street Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 1BX Data via plota.co.uk

26/1475/PDM - Commercial, business, service to Resi Pending Consideration

Proposal

Prior Approval: Change of Use of First Floor (Class E) into a single self-contained dwelling (Use Class C3) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 11 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 11 Nov 2026, from Three Rivers's recent new homes. Comments are open until 9 Oct 2026.

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Site constraints 5

10 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 7 and 9, Church Street, Grade II, about 7 m from the postcode pin · 10 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Rickmansworth Town Centre conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 390 m away: Rickmansworth Aquadrome; Inside the Rickmansworth built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 19 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £550,000 in May 2026. Terraced house, freehold.

29 May 2026£550,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Application type
Commercial, business, service to Resi
Postcode
WD3 1BX
Received
16 Sept 2026
Validated
16 Sept 2026
Ward
Rickmansworth Town
Parish
Batchworth Community Council
Case officer
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Target decision
11 Nov 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 18 of the 56-day target. Three Rivers usually decides new homes by day 56.

Day 1838 days to the 56-day target
67%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
10%go to committee

Plota live figures for new homes decided by Three Rivers in the last twelve months, from validation. Three Rivers decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 27 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15223056
Comments by
9 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No
Three Rivers
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#54 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Three Rivers is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #30 out of 296. Only 24% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (91%) than the national average (90%).

Faster than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Three Rivers decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
89%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #145 of 296
91%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #184 of 296
82%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #30 of 296
24%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #28 of 296
85%
Minor dwellings approved
62 decided (1-9 homes)
63%
Major dwellings approved
8 decided (10+ homes)
94%
Change of use approved
17 decided
819
Total decisions
86 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.