Site Of Former Greenside London Road Langley Hertfordshire SG4 7PP Data via plota.co.uk

26/01373/S73 - Section 73 Application Approved
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Proposal

Variation of Condition 1 (Approved drawings) of planning permission reference granted on 25.10.2024 for Erection of six detached 4-bed dwellings following demolition of existing dwelling/outbuildings and builder yard buildings. (Amended plans received 13/08/24). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Jun 2026
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Approved
7 Sept 2026

Approved on 7 Sept 2026 · Planning Control Committee · Last checked 7 Sept 2026

Planning committee

Decided by North Hertfordshire Planning Control Committee on 3 Sept 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the carports would not substantially harm Green Belt openness, appearance or parking arrangements.
  • consultees raised no objections and no neighbours submitted replies supporting or opposing the scheme.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee discussion, vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording, from 2:02:38 where this application was taken

Source: Plota analysis of North Hertfordshire's committee minutes of 3 Sept 2026.

Documents

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Associated applications 4

Site constraints 7

Green belt: London
Inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Green belt policy allows a short list of exceptions, such as limited extensions and replacement buildings. Anything else needs very special circumstances that clearly outweigh the harm. Some green belt land can count as grey belt, where it does not strongly serve the green belt's purposes. The council decides this in its green belt assessment or on each application, so we do not mark it here.
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Public footpath 9 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.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
1 listed building within 150 m
Nearest: The Forge, Grade II, 35 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI 488 m away: Knebworth Woods SSSI.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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

Council
North Hertfordshire
Application type
Section 73 Application
Postcode
SG4 7PP
Received
18 Jun 2026
Validated
18 Jun 2026
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
Parish
Langley Parish Meeting
Case officer
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Target decision
7 Sept 2026
Decision
Conditional Permission
Decision date
7 Sept 2026
Decision level
Planning Control Committee
Applicant
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Agent
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Public comments

No public comments yet.

19 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14961670
Planning Portal ref
PP-14961670
Comments by
16 Sept 2026
Committee
3 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved
15 London Road Langley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7PP
Dropped kerb and hardstanding to front garden of property.
19/00241/FPH
2018 Approved
Land Adj 41 London Road Langley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7PP
Install one DSLAM equipment cabinet (PCP007)
18/02666/EC
North Hertfordshire
Planning Authority Score
6.9/10
Good
#66 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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