South Medburn Farm Watling Street Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AA Data via plota.co.uk

Awaiting decision 26/1410/DOC
Admin / procedural
Council
Hertsmere 3.3/10
Date received
30 Sept 2026
Date validated
30 Sept 2026
Postcode
WD6 3AA
Freehold owner
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Description

Application for approval of details reserved by condition 31 (ecological measures) of planning permission reference . Data via plota.co.uk

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Associated applications 6

Site constraints 6

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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Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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) agrees.
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.
Registered park or garden 37 m away: Aldenham House
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
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Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: Barns Approximately 30 Metres North of South Medburn Farm House, Grade II, 35 m away
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Also on the record
Priority habitat 33 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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.

Sales history 3

Last sold for £14,850,000 in August 2024. Other property, freehold.

16 August 2024£14,850,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale
28 April 2023£12,650,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale. One of 2 sales recorded that day
28 April 2023£8,680,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale. One of 2 sales recorded that day

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Historical activity at this location

39 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
25/1159/PPA
2025
25/1159/PPA
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23/0635/FUL
2023 Approved
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23/0636/LBC
2023 Approved
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23/0635/FUL
2023 Approved
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23/0636/LBC
2023 Approved
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23/0327/FUL
2021 Approved
Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of the site to provide residential uni…
21/2220/FUL
2021 Approved
Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of the site to provide residential uni…
21/2220/FUL
2021 Approved
Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of the site to provide residential uni…
21/2221/LBC
2021 Approved
Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of the site to provide residential uni…
21/2221/LBC
2025 Approved
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25/0969/DOC
2025 Approved
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 6 (land contamination), 7 (rem…
25/0969/DOC
2025 Approved
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 14 (construction environmental…
25/1092/DOC
2025
Variation of condition 2 (plans) to allow for revised layout, enhanced landscape strategy…
25/1373/VOC
2025 Approved
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 14 (construction environmental…
25/1092/DOC
2025
Variation of condition 2 (plans) to allow for revised layout, enhanced landscape strategy…
25/1373/VOC
2024 Withdrawn
Application for variation of condition 2 (plans) to allow for layout and design changes f…
24/1173/VOC
2024 Approved
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 11 (asbestos survey), 12 (asbe…
24/0944/DOC
2024 Approved
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 14 (construction environmental…
24/1095/DOC
2024 Refused
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 6 (contamination assessment) a…
24/1157/DOC
2024 Approved
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 18 (Natural England bat licence…
24/1343/DOC
2023 Refused
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Contamination report) and 1…
23/0236/DOC
2023 Refused
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 3 (Contamination report) and 1…
23/0236/DOC
2022 Withdrawn
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Nearby activity

2022 Approved
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Elstree Golf Club Watling Street Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
T83 OAK. Reduce individual, lower lateral branches by up to 3m, to re-balance the tree's…
22/1606/TPO
2022 Approved
Elstree Golf Club Watling Street Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
Within W1 (T8 on applicants plan) 1no. OAK. Crown reduction of 2.5m in height and a later…
22/1273/TPO
2022 Approved
Elstree Golf Club Watling Street Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
Within W1 (T8 on applicants plan) 1no. OAK. Crown reduction of 2.5m in height and a later…
22/1273/TPO
2021 Refused
Elstree Golf Club Watling Street Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
T82 OAK. Remove approx. 3no. lower limbs growing over blackthorn back to main trunk, remo…
21/1347/TPO
2021 Refused
Elstree Golf Club Watling Street Elstree Borehamwood Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
T82 OAK. Remove approx. 3no. lower limbs growing over blackthorn back to main trunk, remo…
21/1347/TPO
2019 Approved
North Medburn Farm Watling Street Elstree Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
Application for variation of condition 5 (plans) to allow for updated elevations followin…
19/1647/VOC
2019 Approved
North Medburn Farm Watling Street Elstree Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 2 (hard and soft landscaping) o…
19/1622/DOC
2019 Approved
North Medburn Farm Watling Street Elstree Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
Demolition of existing equestrian buildings and construction of 1 x 2 bed and 1 x 3 bed s…
19/1058/FUL
2018 Refused
North Medburn Farm Watling Street Elstree Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
Demolition of existing equestrian buildings and construction of 1 x 2 bed and 1 x 3 bed s…
18/1571/FUL
2018 Approved
North Medburn Farm Watling Street Elstree Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
Demolition of existing building and construction of replacement steel frame building with…
18/1533/FUL
2017 Refused
North Medburn Farm Watling Street Elstree Hertfordshire WD6 3AA
Partial demolition of existing stable & erection of detached 3 bed single storey dwelling.
17/0172/FUL
2016 Withdrawn
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2016 Withdrawn
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.