Royal Masonic School Rickmansworth Park Rickmansworth Hertfordshire WD3 4HF Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Construction of 3no. padel courts with fencing and floodlighting, with associated infrastructure, hard and soft landscaping works Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Dec 2025
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Validated
5 Jan 2026
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Consultation
13 Jan 2026
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Approved
30 Jul 2026

Approved on 30 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Aug 2026

Documents 37

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Site constraints 5

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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Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m of the postcode pin; Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Rickmansworth built-up area; National infrastructure project about 1478 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 6 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

Application type
Full Application
Postcode
WD3 4HF
Received
22 Dec 2025
Validated
5 Jan 2026
Ward
Rickmansworth Town
Parish
Batchworth Community Council
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Mar 2026
Decision
approved
Decision date
30 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 206 days from validation, 150 days slower than Three Rivers's median of 56 for commercial premises. Approved, as 86% of commercial premises here are.

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

No public comments yet.

13 neighbours consulted · Last counted 1 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14563563
Planning Portal ref
PP-14563563
Comments by
20 Aug 2026
Site or press notice
13 Jan 2026
Statutory expiry
2 Mar 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