Former Sportsman Hotel Station Approach Chorleywood Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

26/1324/CLPD - Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use Pending Consideration

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Development: Change of use from Class E(c)(iii) to Class E(b) Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
18 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
21 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 16 Oct 2026 and 24 Oct 2026, from Three Rivers's recent commercial premises.

Site constraints 9

Chorleywood Common 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 ↗
Local nature reserve 43 m away: Chorleywood Common
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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
Radon affected area, class 2; 1 listed building within 150 m; National landscape 454 m away: Chilterns; Inside the Chorleywood built-up area; Green belt 39 m away: London; Open access land 48 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..
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
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use
Received
18 Aug 2026
Validated
21 Aug 2026
Ward
Chorleywood North And Sarratt
Parish
Chorleywood Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 49 of the 56-day target. Three Rivers usually decides commercial premises by day 56.

Day 497 days to the 56-day target
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

2comments received
1 objecting1 neutral

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15137678
Planning Portal ref
PP-15137678
Statutory expiry
16 Oct 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