17 - 21 Shenley Road Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 1AD Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Change of use of first and second floors from Office (Use Class B1/Class E) to Hotel (Use Class C1) to provide 20 guest rooms (including 2 accessible rooms), installation of passenger lift and associated internal alterations. Ground floor restaurant (Use Class E) to remain unchanged. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 22 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026
Documents 8
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 2
Application forms 1
Site constraints 2
Checked on 6 October 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 4
Last sold for £2,940,000 in February 2025. Other property, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
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Important details
- Council
- Hertsmere
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Postcode
- WD6 1AD
- Received
- 18 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 31 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Borehamwood Brookmeadow
- Parish
- Elstree & Borehamwood Town Council
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 26 May 2026
- Decision
- Grant Permission
- Decision date
- 22 May 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- NovaDec
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 52 days from validation, 5 days faster than Hertsmere's median of 57 for changes of use. Approved, as 61% of changes of use here are.
Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Hertsmere in the last twelve months, from validation. Hertsmere decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14713593
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14713593
- Neighbours
- 2 Apr 2026
- Consultation
- 26 May 2026
- Comments by
- 25 Apr 2026
- Statutory expiry
- 26 May 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Hertsmere is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #243 out of 296. 55% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).
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.
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