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25/1671/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 (Plans) and 25 (Obscure Windows) pursuant to planning permission to allow alterations to fenestration detailing, omission of terrace balconies, addition of AOV rooflights and submission of hard and soft landscaping details including landscape management. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Oct 2026, 20:41

Application progress

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Received

29 Sept 2025

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Consultation

6 Nov 2025

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Approved

3 Jul 2026

Approved on 3 Jul 2026 · Committee Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Three Rivers Planning Committee on 16 Feb 2026. Earlier deferred on 22 Jan 2026.

Approved by 8 votes to 0

For8

Against0

Abstained2

Residents and the community council raised concerns about reflective windows, light pollution, biodiversity, enforcement and departures from the approved scheme.
Members voted 8–0, with 2 abstentions, to grant permission subject to a deed of variation and planning conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposed changes, site history, objections, officer assessment, speakers, debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Three Rivers's committee minutes of 16 Feb 2026.

Documents 35

Consultation & comments 17

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 21 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 18 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF FURTHER COMMENT FROM BATCHWORTH COMMUNITY COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 16 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 12 Dec 2025 View ↗

PDF COMMENT FROM BATCHWORTH COMMUNITY COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 25 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM BATCHWORTH COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 25 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 24 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 31 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 24 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 22 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 21 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 20 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF COMMENT FROM BATCHWORTH COMMUNITY COUNCIL Consultee Comment · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗

PDF Objector’s name hidden Show Objection Comment · 7 Oct 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 9

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

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.

Local nature reserve about 234 m away: Rickmansworth Aquadrome

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.

Also on the record

Conservation area about 38 m away: Rickmansworth Town Centre; Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 500 m away: Expansion of Heathrow Airport (Third Runway), at pre-application; Inside the Rickmansworth built-up area; Flood defence about 34 m from the postcode pin (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 50 year flood); Green belt about 86 m away: London.

Not affected

No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 13 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) 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: Three Rivers
Application type: Full Application
Received: 29 Sept 2025
Validated: 29 Sept 2025
Ward: Rickmansworth Town
Parish: Batchworth Community Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 3 Jul 2026
Decision: approved
Decision date: 3 Jul 2026
Decision level: Committee Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Show

Public comments

8comments received

8 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

187 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14360992
Planning Portal ref: PP-14360992
Comments by: 24 Dec 2025
Site or press notice: 6 Nov 2025
Committee: 16 Feb 2026
Statutory expiry: 29 Dec 2025
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