Land Adjacent To Rye House Rye Road Hoddesdon Hertfordshire Data via plota.co.uk

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.

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.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

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.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.