315 Perrysfield Road Cheshunt Hertfordshire EN8 0TR Data via plota.co.uk

07/26/0238/F Refused

Proposal

Retrospective permission for change of use from amenity land to residential garden Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

Received
24 Mar 2026
Validated
26 Mar 2026
Refused
21 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 21 May 2026 · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Also on the record
Special protection area 480 m away: Lee Valley; SSSI 480 m away: Turnford & Cheshunt Pits SSSI; Inside the Cheshunt built-up area; the 1970s provisional farmland map had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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Important details

Council
Broxbourne
Postcode
EN8 0TR
Received
24 Mar 2026
Validated
26 Mar 2026
Ward
Cheshunt North
Case officer
Show
Decision date
21 May 2026

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 5 days faster than Broxbourne's median of 61 for full applications. Refused, as 10% of full applications here are.

41%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
157decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Broxbourne in the last twelve months, from validation. Broxbourne decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
2 Apr 2026
Comments by
1 May 2026
Statutory expiry
21 May 2026
Broxbourne
Planning Authority Score
3.8/10
Below average
#205 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Broxbourne is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #218 out of 296. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) 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
Broxbourne decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #204 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #125 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #218 of 296
48%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #211 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
52 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
65%
Change of use approved
26 decided
481
Total decisions
70 refused in the year to March 2026