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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 2. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.

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.

Also on the record

Open access land 10 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed..

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 14 October 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £800,000 in September 2012. Detached house, freehold.

20 September 2012£800,000

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council: East Hertfordshire
Application type: Householder
Postcode: SG12 8RZ
Received: 24 Sept 2026
Validated: 24 Sept 2026
Ward: Ware Rural
Parish: Widford Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 Nov 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Vertex Architecture Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 34 of the 56-day target. East Hertfordshire usually decides extensions by day 55.

prediction

Day 3422 days to the 56-day target

71%decided within 8 weeks

84%approved

672decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 21 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-15246901
Planning Portal ref: PP-15246901
Comments by: 12 Nov 2026
Statutory expiry: 19 Nov 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2018 Refused

Land Adjacent To Widford Rise Hunsdon Road Widford Ware Hertfordshire SG12 8RZ

Erection of 2no. four bed dwellings with double garages, new vehicular access and landsca…

3/18/2518/FUL 31 Dec 2018

2018 Approved

Widford Rise Hunsdon Road Widford Ware Hertfordshire SG12 8RZ

Proposed single storey rear extension

3/18/1551/CLP 29 Aug 2018

2017 Approved

Chapel House Hunsdon Road Widford Ware Hertfordshire SG12 8RZ

Proposed demolition of existing indoor leisure complex and erection of two storey side an…

3/17/1228/HH 25 Jul 2017

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