Agricultural Building Ashwell Road Newnham Hertfordshire SG7 5JX Data via plota.co.uk

26/01538/FP - Full Planning Permission Approved
AgriculturalChange of useExtensions & alterationsCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of part of existing agricultural barn to facilitate artisan bakery (Use Class E(a)) including replacement roof with insertion of rooflights, alterations to fenestration and external cladding. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
15 Jun 2026
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Approved
7 Aug 2026

Approved on 7 Aug 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 13 Aug 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 4

Newnham 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 ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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

Council
North Hertfordshire
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
SG7 5JX
Received
15 Jun 2026
Validated
15 Jun 2026
Ward
Arbury Ward
Parish
Caldecote And Newnham Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Conditional Permission
Decision date
7 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Peter George Town Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 53 days from validation, about the council's usual 55 days. Approved, as 100% of changes of use here are.

55%decided within 8 weeks
100%approved
34decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by North Hertfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. North Hertfordshire decision record →

Public comments

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8 neighbours consulted · Last counted 13 Aug 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14999517
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25 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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North Hertfordshire
Planning Authority Score
6.9/10
Good
#66 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

North Hertfordshire ranks #128 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (95%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
North Hertfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #62 of 296
95%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #87 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #128 of 296
32%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #65 of 296
82%
Minor dwellings approved
112 decided (1-9 homes)
84%
Major dwellings approved
19 decided (10+ homes)
90%
Change of use approved
21 decided
1,102
Total decisions
82 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings