Woodcock Hill Industrial Estate Harefield Road Rickmansworth Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

26/0520/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Erection of 3no. three storey buildings comprising six new industrial units (Use Classes B2/B8/E(g)iii) with ancillary office space, including associated infrastructure, parking and landscaping Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 16 Sept 2026, 11:34

Application progress

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Received

30 Mar 2026

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Validated

7 Apr 2026

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Consultation

5 May 2026

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Approved

15 Sept 2026

Approved on 15 Sept 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 16 Sept 2026

Documents 62

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE Decision · 15 Sept 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 20

Plans & drawings 23

Application forms 2

PDF AMENDED APPLICATION FORM Application Form · 3 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 30 Mar 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 13

PDF COMMITTEE LETTER SENT FOR PA Consultation Documents · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMENT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY Consultee Comment · 5 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF RENOTIFICATION LETTER SENT FOR PA Consultation Documents · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMENT FROM HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF MEMORANDUM (APPLICANT RESPONSE TO HCC) Report · 28 May 2026 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 21 May 2026 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 3 May 2026 View ↗

PDF COMMENT FROM WATFORD ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH Consultee Comment · 1 May 2026 View ↗ PDF LIST OF NEIGHBOURS FOR PA Neighbour Notification List · 29 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMENT FROM HCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMENT FROM HCC HIGHWAYS Consultee Comment · 23 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF LIST OF NEIGHBOURS FOR PA Neighbour Notification List · 14 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR LETTER SENT FOR PA Consultation Documents · 10 Apr 2026 View ↗

Site constraints 5

Green belt: London

Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.

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Agricultural land, grade 3a

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) agrees.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

Also on the record

Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 830 m away: Expansion of Heathrow Airport (Third Runway), at pre-application.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

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, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) 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.

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Important details

Council: Three Rivers
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: WD3 1PD
Received: 30 Mar 2026
Validated: 7 Apr 2026
Ward: Rickmansworth Town
Parish: Batchworth Community Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 15 Sept 2026
Decision: approved
Decision date: 15 Sept 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 161 days from validation, 105 days slower than Three Rivers's median of 56 for commercial premises. Approved, as 86% of commercial premises here are.

This one161d

Council56d

UK56d

54%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

9%go to committee

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

Public comments

8comments received

7 objecting1 neutral

88% object · above the UK average of 74%

29 neighbours consulted · Last counted 16 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14817301
Planning Portal ref: PP-14817301
Comments by: 25 Jun 2026
Site or press notice: 5 May 2026
Committee: 10 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 2 Jun 2026
Env. assessment: No

Three Rivers

Planning Authority Score

7.3/10

Good

#54 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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