Moor Hall Moor Hall Lane West Thorley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4BJ Data via plota.co.uk

3/26/0173/VAR - Variation of condition Approved
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises

Proposal

Variation of Condition 3 (External materials) pursuant to planning permission (ref: 28/02/2024) for (Conversion of stable to holiday let accommodation. Increase the pitch of the roof and raise the ridge height. Creation of first floor level accommodation. New rooflight windows, first floor side windows, ground floor door and window openings. External walls finished with black feather edge timber boarding. Insertion of flue. Removal of internal partition walls and doors, insert new staircase, partition walls and doors). The amendments include changes to the roof tile specification Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Feb 2026
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Approved
30 Mar 2026

Approved on 30 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Jul 2026

Documents 7

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF VARIATION OF CONDITION APPROVAL Decision Notice · 30 Mar 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF LOCATION PLAN Location/Block/Site Plan · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA Application Form · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT 25/2/26 Consultee Correspondence · 25 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF CONSERVATION TEAM 23/2/26 Correspondence in - Internal Consultation · 23 Feb 2026 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF Officers Report Officers Report · 30 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF COVERING LETTER Supporting Documents · 9 Feb 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

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    Conditions 3 varied

    • VariationVariation of Condition 3 (External materials) for (Conversion of stable to holiday let…This application3/26/0173/VAR

Site constraints 3

Grade II listed: Moor Hall Farmhouse
List entry 1214154 · The pin is inside its outline · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade II)
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 ↗
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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Agricultural land, grade 2
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.
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 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
East Hertfordshire
Application type
Variation of condition
Postcode
CM23 4BJ
Received
9 Feb 2026
Validated
9 Feb 2026
Ward
Bishop's Stortford South
Parish
Thorley Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Apr 2026
Decision
Grant Plan Permission w Conds
Decision date
30 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Snell David Ltd

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14685748
Planning Portal ref
PP-14685748
Comments by
19 Mar 2026
Statutory expiry
6 Apr 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Conversion of stable to holiday let accommodation. Increase the pitch of the roof and rai…
3/23/2139/LBC
2023 Approved
Change of use and conversion of stable to holiday let accommodation. Increase the pitch o…
3/23/2138/FUL
2023 Approved
Conversion of stable to holiday let accommodation. Increase the pitch of the roof and rai…
3/23/2139/LBC
2023 Approved
Change of use and conversion of stable to holiday let accommodation. Increase the pitch o…
3/23/2138/FUL
2022 Approved
Regularisation of alterations to ground floor partition at bottom of stairs including str…
3/22/2651/LBC
2022 Approved
Regularisation of alterations to ground floor partition at bottom of stairs including str…
3/22/2651/LBC
2022 Approved
Regularisation for the internal alteration to widen door opening
3/22/2457/LBC
2022 Approved
Regularisation for the internal alteration to widen door opening
3/22/2457/LBC
2022 Approved
Amendment to staircase layout including removal of the modern partitions at the back of t…
3/22/2216/LBC
2022 Approved
Amendment to staircase layout including removal of the modern partitions at the back of t…
3/22/2216/LBC
2021 Refused
Change of use of stable into residential use to form a two bedroom residential annex, anc…
3/21/2813/FUL
2021 Approved
Conversion of stable into residential use to form a two bedroom residential annex. Increa…
3/21/2814/LBC
2021 Refused
Change of use of stable into residential use to form a two bedroom residential annex, anc…
3/21/2813/FUL
2021 Approved
Conversion of stable into residential use to form a two bedroom residential annex. Increa…
3/21/2814/LBC
2022 Withdrawn
First floor side extension.
3/22/0074/LBC
2022 Withdrawn
First floor side extension
3/22/0073/HH
2022 Withdrawn
First floor side extension.
3/22/0074/LBC
2022 Withdrawn
First floor side extension
3/22/0073/HH
2021 Approved
Demolition of side extension and porch. Relocation of entrance and erection of porch. Sin…
3/21/0346/HH
2021 Approved
Demolition of side extension and porch. Relocation of entrance and erection of porch. Sin…
3/21/0347/LBC
2020 Withdrawn
Demolition of side extension and porch. Relocation of entrance and erection of porch. Sin…
3/20/0711/LBC
2020 Withdrawn
Demolition of side extension and porch. Relocation of entrance and erection of porch. Sin…
3/20/0710/HH
2020 Withdrawn
Demolition of side extension and porch. Relocation of entrance and erection of porch. Sin…
3/20/0711/LBC
2020 Withdrawn
Demolition of side extension and porch. Relocation of entrance and erection of porch. Sin…
3/20/0710/HH
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Approved
The Old Thatch Moor Hall Lane West Thorley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4BJ
Discharge appeal condition 3 (materials) attached to 3/19/0439/FUL
X/20/0263/CND
2020 Approved
The Old Thatch Moor Hall Lane West Thorley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4BJ
Discharge appeal condition 3 (materials) attached to 3/19/0439/FUL
X/20/0263/CND
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings