St Marys Church Ermine Street Colliers End Hertfordshire SG11 1EG Data via plota.co.uk

3/25/1915/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Change of use of church and agricultural land to create a new dwelling with associated landscaping, off-street parking and erection of cycle and bin stores alterations to church building Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Dec 2025
✓
Validated
23 Apr 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Jul 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 18 Jun 2026; it is now day 169.

The consultation period closed on 18 Jun 2026.

Documents 33

Consultation & comments 12

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 6 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 1 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 29 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 11 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 11 Jun 2026 View ↗
PDF HIGHWAYS - 9/6/26 Consultee Correspondence · 9 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF THAMES WATER - 21/5/26 Consultee Correspondence · 21 May 2026 View ↗ PDF NATURAL ENGLAND - NO CONSULT REQUIRED Consultee Comment · 17 Dec 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 5

Public bridleway 6 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.
Agricultural land, grade 3a
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.
9 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: South House, Grade II, 27 m away · 9 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 ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI 381 m away: Plashes Wood SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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
Full Application
Postcode
SG11 1EG
Received
9 Dec 2025
Validated
23 Apr 2026
Ward
Braughing & Standon
Parish
Standon Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
9 Jul 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Hertford Planning Service

Decision outlook

Day 169, past the statutory target. 83% of agricultural works in East Hertfordshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 7 Oct 2026.

Day 169113 days past the 56-day target
64%decided within 8 weeks
67%approved
43decided in the last year

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

Public comments

7comments received
6 objecting1 supporting

86% object · above the UK average of 74%

9 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14530488
Planning Portal ref
PP-14530488
Comments by
18 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
18 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Hertfordshire
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#152 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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

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