Plans to demolish Rickmansworth home for larger house

The owners of Green Tye in Loudwater Lane, Rickmansworth, have applied to knock down the existing three-bedroom property to replace it with a taller four-bed home. 

How the proposed four-bed house could look. (Image: Border Oak) If approved, the internal floor space would more than double from 184 square metres to 413sqm, although 110sqm would be taken up by a new basement, according to plans validated by Three Rivers District Council yesterday (August 9).

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The applicant admitted this meant it would be a “materially larger” house on paper, but said the basement would not be visible and would not harm the green belt surroundings as a result.

The existing three-bed home at Green Tye. (Image: Border Oak) They claimed it would be a “significant improvement” on the existing property, adding: “The new dwelling has been designed as a high quality, bespoke timber framed building, which will respect and maintain the rural character of the site and surrounding area.”

Although it is located within the green belt and the Chilterns Landscape Region, the owners claimed the design would respect the area’s rural character and the larger property would be hidden from the road.