Homefire Coal Yard Ware Road Widford Hertfordshire SG12 8RL Data via plota.co.uk

3/26/0631/PIP - Permission in Principle Refused

Proposal

Permission in principle for the removal of existing buildings and the erection of 5 to 8 dwellings and a Class E commercial unit Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
5 May 2026
✓
Validated
7 May 2026
✗
Refused
16 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 16 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 5 Jul 2026

Site constraints 6

5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Widfordbury Farm and Widfordbury House on West of Churchyard, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 2 Grade II*, 3 Grade II
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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Historic England ↗
Widford conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Public bridleway about 24 m away
Matters where it crosses or adjoins the site: obstructing a path without a diversion order is an offence, and work cannot start until the order is confirmed.
Compiled from highway authority data, not the legal definitive map. A few authorities have not published, so no path shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Inside the Widford built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) 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 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 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
Permission in Principle
Postcode
SG12 8RL
Received
5 May 2026
Validated
7 May 2026
Ward
Ware Rural
Parish
Widford Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
11 Jun 2026
Decision
Refuse Permission in Principle
Decision date
16 Jun 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
DLA Town Planning Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 40 days from validation, 29 days faster than East Hertfordshire's median of 69 for commercial and major works. Refused, as 31% of commercial and major works here are.

27%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
29decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by East Hertfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. East Hertfordshire decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
12 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
11 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Hertfordshire
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#152 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

East Hertfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #93 out of 296. East Hertfordshire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 84% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Hertfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
81%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #256 of 296
84%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #256 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #93 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #109 of 296
53%
Minor dwellings approved
128 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
94%
Change of use approved
36 decided
1,184
Total decisions
223 refused in the year to March 2026