Land Adjoining Patchetts Cottage Hilfield Lane Aldenham Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

25/1842/FUL - Full Planning Permission Awaiting decision

Proposal

Erection of building for a Stroke Rehabilitation Day Centre Clinic (Brian's House), together with detached stable building, detached store building (hay store and tractor store with manure bay), and external equestrian arena. Associated access arrangements, parking provision, covered bicycle store, landscaping, and biodiversity improvements. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 24 Aug 2026, 08:51

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Application progress

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Received

23 Dec 2025

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Validated

15 Jan 2026

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Consultation

7 Jul 2026

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Committee

16 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 28 Aug 2026

As of 22 Aug 2026, the council is no longer showing this application on their planning portal. It may have been withdrawn or re-listed under a different reference. We've stopped checking it for updates.

Planning committee

Decided by Hertsmere Planning Committee on 16 Jul 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the substantial public benefits would outweigh heritage harm and the scheme would not be inappropriate in the Green Belt.
Consultees generally raised no objections, while a residents’ association supported the clinic and asked for safeguards around heritage, verges and traffic.
Members voted unanimously to approve the application, subject to conditions and a section 106 agreement.

Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee debate, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Hertsmere's committee minutes of 16 Jul 2026.

Documents 96

Statements & assessments 19

Plans & drawings 43

Application forms 2

PDF Applicationformredacted Application Form · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗ PDF Brians house cover letter - application schedule and application form Supporting Documents · 23 Dec 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 26

Site constraints 4

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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Patchetts Green and Delrow 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.

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Agricultural land, grade 2

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

3 listed buildings within 150 m.

Not affected

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

Checked on 11 September 2026. 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.

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Important details

Council: Hertsmere
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Postcode: WD25 8HF
Received: 23 Dec 2025
Validated: 15 Jan 2026
Ward: Aldenham West
Parish: Aldenham Parish
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 28 Aug 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Chart Plan (2004) Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 265, past the statutory target. 85% of commercial premises in Hertsmere are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 21 Aug 2026.

target

predicted

Day 265209 days past the 56-day target

37%decided within 8 weeks

89%approved

7%go to committee

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

105 neighbours consulted · Last counted 21 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14555179
Planning Portal ref: PP-14555179
Neighbours: 7 Jul 2026
Consultation: 7 Jul 2026
Comments by: 2 Jul 2026
Site or press notice: 9 Apr 2026
Committee: 16 Jul 2026
Statutory expiry: 28 Aug 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

2 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Hertsmere

Planning Authority Score

3.3/10

Poor

#225 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder decisions

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%).

Slower than most councils

for householder decisions

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance

Hertsmere decision statistics

Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026

93%

Overall approval rate

Above avg (87%) #57 of 296

94%

Householder approved

Above avg (90%) #108 of 296

49%

Decided in 8 weeks

Below avg (63%) #243 of 296

55%

Extended time limit

Above avg (41%) #249 of 296

84%

Minor dwellings approved

102 decided (1-9 homes)

75%

Major dwellings approved

8 decided (10+ homes)

89%

Change of use approved

27 decided

742

Total decisions

55 refused in the year to March 2026