Planning

There have been 7 planning applications since the last meeting 3 being improvements to private housing, 2 for tree work, 1 for the Hospital and 1 industrial.

20 SHELLEY LANE HAREFIELD MIDDLESEX
TPO 626 T8 1x Beech reduce to previous points.

7 LEWIS CLOSE HAREFIELD
TPO 436A T15 to fell 1x Silver Maple.

HAREFIELD HOSPITAL HILL END ROAD HAREFIELD MIDDLESEX
Removal of existing fuel tank / generator equipment (and associated structures and
installations) and installation of new replacement generator equipment (including
associated flue) and associated works.

MERCK SHARPE DOHME (MSD) SITE OFF BREAKSPEAR ROAD SOUTH
HAREFIELD
Details pursuant to Condition 15 (Bat Mitigation) of planning permission reference
72870/APP/2022/3126, dated 19-09-24 (Retention and demolition of existing

buildings, construction of new buildings, all within Use Class B8 with ancillary uses,
alongside hardstanding, widening of the vehicular access off Breakspear Road
South, associated car and cycle parking, enhanced landscaping and ancillary
works).

104 HIGH STREET HAREFIELD
Non material amendment to planning application reference 78649/APP/2024/2120
dated 22-08-2025 (Erection of a part single storey, part two storey rear extension.
Conversion of roof space to habitable use to include a rear dormer and 2 front and
1 rear roof light. Amendments to fenestration.) to change position of roof lights,
alterations to the roof form and fenestration changes including change to sizes of
windows.

18 BROADWATER GARDENS HAREFIELD
Erection of a single storey rear extension, which would extend beyond the rear wall
of the original house by 4.00 metres, for which the maximum height would be 3.00
metres, and for which the height of the eaves would be 3.00 metres.

6 TRUESDALE DRIVE HAREFIELD
ANA validated – Erection of a rear outbuilding

Some notes on Tree Protection in Harefield Conservation Areas

If you intend to carry out work on trees within a conservation area in Harefield,  written notice is required as trees in these areas are protected to preserve the character of the area. 

Here’s a more detailed breakdown:

Notice Requirement: You must give the council six weeks’ written notice before starting any work on trees in a conservation area. 

Application: You can submit the notice through the Planning Portal website or by downloading a paper form. 

Tree Size: Trees with a stem diameter of 75mm or more, measured at 1.5 meters above ground level, are automatically protected. 

Exemptions: There may be some exemptions, such as for small trees or when the works are to improve the growth of other trees. 

Consequences: It is an offence to prune, fell, or damage a tree in a conservation area without giving the required notice. 

Planning Breach:

PD wrote to Cllr Martin Goddard regarding the apparent breach of planning on the ventilation system at the Café at Widewater Place, plans show the ventilation system to the side of the building yet the building has a very large and quite ugly system on top of the roof.

Cllr Goddard looked into this and replied back with some comments/feedback from the planning office:

I can confirm that the Planning Enforcement Team are aware of reports in relation to the extraction system installed to the front of Widewater Cafe and the matter is logged under planning enforcement file ref: ENF/103/25.

It is established that the current extraction system does not conform with the details approved under approval of details reference: 8393/APP/2023/3681 (Details pursuant to the discharge of Condition 3 (Air Extraction System) of planning permission reference 8393/APP/2006/2638, dated 09-11-2006, for Erection of Cafe and Security Hut), and accordingly a breach of planning condition attached to planning application reference: 8393/APP/2006/2638 is occurring. For reference the relevant condition states:

No air extraction system shall be used on the premises until a scheme for the control of noise and odour emanating from the site has been submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. The scheme shall be fully implemented before the development is occupied/the use commences and thereafter shall be retained and maintained in good working order for so long as the building remains in use.

Accordingly, warning correspondence was issued on 21 February 2025 to KSIMC setting out the above breach of planning condition and requiring that steps are taken to resolve the breach of planning control within 28 days, and that failure to do so would result in consideration of the service of an Enforcement Notice. 

I have chased KSIMC today to seek confirmation that the matter is in hand. In response I have received an email from a planning agent confirming that they have been instructed in this matter and that they will be submitting an application in an attempt to regularise the extraction system. 

Planning enforcement action will therefore be held in abeyance whilst the matter is dealt with via the formal process.   “