Land South Of The White House, East Lane, And Between Bedmond Road And East Lane Bedmond Abbots Langley… Data via plota.co.uk

26/0601/OUT - Outline Application Pending Consideration

Proposal

Outline application: Erection of up to 66 residential dwellings including access (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale as reserved matters). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Apr 2026
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Validated
15 May 2026
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Consultation
3 Jun 2026
Decision
Expected by 30 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 5 Sept 2026; it is now day 147.

The consultation period closed on 5 Sept 2026.

Documents 68

Statements & assessments 24

PDF COMMENT FROM LLFA LEAD LOCAL FLOOD AUTHORITY Consultee Comment · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF BAT SURVEY REPORT - BAT EMERGENCE SURVEY (JULY 2025) Supporting documents · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF GREAT CRESTED NEWT EDNA SURVEY REPORT (JULY 2025) Supporting documents · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF AGENTS EMAIL RE BNG AND ECOLOGY Supporting documents · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF COMMENT FROM HERTFORDSHIRE ECOLOGY Consultee Comment · 12 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT STATEMENT Supporting documents · 18 May 2026 View ↗ PDF RESIDENTIAL TRAVEL PLAN STATEMENT Supporting documents · 18 May 2026 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT STATEMENT Supporting documents · 13 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT Supporting documents · 12 May 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Supporting documents · 12 May 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY CHECKLIST Supporting documents · 21 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FRA PART 1 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STRATEGY WITH APPENDIX A AND B Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FRA PART 2 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STRATEGY APPENDIX C-E Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FA�ADE NOISE EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF ARBORICULTURAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF FRA PART 3 FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT & SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE STRATEGY APPENDIX E Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF GREEN BELT PURPOSES ASSESSMENT Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF ENERGY STATEMENT Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY NET GAIN ASSESSMENT Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF BIODIVERSITY METRIC CALCULATION TOOL Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER BNG Supporting documents · 15 Apr 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Agricultural land, grade 1
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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

Application type
Outline Application
Postcode
WD5 0QE
Received
15 Apr 2026
Validated
15 May 2026
Ward
Abbots Langley And Bedmond
Parish
Abbots Langley Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
30 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 147, past the statutory target. 85% of new homes in Three Rivers are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 2 Oct 2026.

Day 14756 days past the 91-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

149comments received
34 objecting9 neutral106 supporting

71% support · above the UK average of 16%

46 neighbours consulted · Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14788782
Planning Portal ref
PP-14788782
Comments by
5 Sept 2026
Site or press notice
3 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
14 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No
Three Rivers
Planning Authority Score
7.3/10
Good
#54 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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