Clancy Storage Land South Of Coppermill Lane Harefield UB9 6HZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/1570/CLED - Certificate of Lawfulness - Existing Use Pending Consideration

Proposal

Certificate of Lawfulness Existing Use: Use of site as a storage facility (Use Class B8) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
1 Oct 2026
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Validated
6 Oct 2026
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Consultation
22 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 1 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 1 Dec 2026.

Comments are open until 12 Nov 2026

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Site constraints 11

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 ↗
Coppermill Lock conservation area
Also Coppermill Lock, Copper Mill Lock. 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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From rivers. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
SSSI about 128 m away: Mid Colne Valley SSSI
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Flood defence about 18 m from the postcode pin (wall, designed for a 1 in 100 year flood); 1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Hillingdon built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 1a (very poor), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; National infrastructure project about 1294 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 16 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), Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) 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 - Existing Use
Postcode
UB9 6HZ
Received
1 Oct 2026
Validated
6 Oct 2026
Ward
Chorleywood South And Maple Cross
Parish
Non-Parished
Case officer
Show
Target decision
1 Dec 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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Agent
Andy Meader

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15264863
Planning Portal ref
PP-15264863
Comments by
12 Nov 2026
Site or press notice
22 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
1 Dec 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