Ash View Stables Pegs Lane Widford Hertfordshire SG12 8SX Data via plota.co.uk

3/26/0271/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Change of use of land from existing mixed use for equestrian/residential caravan site with 2 x static caravans/mobile homes to Gypsy/Traveller caravan site accommodating 6 x static caravans/mobile homes utilising extension of existing manege. Erection of screen fencing following demolition of existing stable building and barn Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

27 Feb 2026

✓

Validated

31 Jul 2026

Decision

Expected by 25 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 9 Oct 2026, from East Hertfordshire's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 4 Sept 2026.

Documents 13

Site constraints 5

Public bridleway 18 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.

Also on the record

1 listed building within 150 m; Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 14 m away: Deciduous woodland.

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

Council: East Hertfordshire
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: SG12 8SX
Received: 27 Feb 2026
Validated: 31 Jul 2026
Ward: Ware Rural
Parish: Widford Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 25 Sept 2026
Applicant: Show
Agent: Philip Brown Associates Limited

Decision outlook

Day 70, past the statutory target. 75% of changes of use in East Hertfordshire are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 30 Oct 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 8 Oct 2026.

predicted

Day 7014 days past the 56-day target

44%decided within 8 weeks

70%approved

65decided in the last year

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

Public comments

116comments received

116 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14739981
Planning Portal ref: PP-14739981
Comments by: 4 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry: 25 Sept 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved

Discharge conditions 3 (details of landscaping), 6 (details of septic tank, chemical toil…

X/24/0234/CND 9 Sep 2024

2021 Approved

Retention of one additional static caravan and two additional parking spaces with associa…

3/21/2668/FUL 14 Mar 2024

2021 Approved

Retention of one additional static caravan and two additional parking spaces with associa…

3/21/2668/FUL 14 Mar 2024

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2019 Approved

Stables Pegs Lane Widford Hertfordshire SG12 8SX

Discharge condition (local wildlife site survey) attached to 3/17/1559/FUL

X/19/0311/CND 6 Aug 2019

2017 Approved

Stables Pegs Lane Widford Ware Hertfordshire SG12 8SX

Change of use of land, for the keeping and stabling of horses and residential use. Site w…

3/17/1559/FUL 30 May 2018

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