54 Station Road Kings Langley Hertfordshire WD4 8LB Data via plota.co.uk

26/0952/CLPD - Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use Approved

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed Development: Loft conversion including including hip to gable roof extension; rear dormer, velux windows and construction of outbuilding to rear. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
11 Jun 2026
Approved
24 Jul 2026

Approved on 24 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Jul 2026

Site constraints 2

Also on the record
Inside the Abbots Langley and Kings Langley built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · 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

Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed Use
Postcode
WD4 8LB
Received
11 Jun 2026
Validated
11 Jun 2026
Ward
Gade Valley
Parish
Abbots Langley Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Aug 2026
Decision
approved
Decision date
24 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 43 days from validation, 11 days faster than Three Rivers's median of 54 for extensions. Approved, as 91% of extensions here are.

84%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
435decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15001697
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