Lucas End Farm Crouch Lane Goffs Oak Hertfordshire EN7 6TH Data via plota.co.uk

07/26/0728/F - Full REGISTERED: Under Consultation

Proposal

Retrospective change of use for a limited period (of three years) from dwellinghouse (Use Class C3) to mixed use comprising residential (Use Class C3) and office use (Use Class E) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
around 21 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 16 Nov 2026 and 23 Nov 2026, from Broxbourne's recent changes of use. Comments are open until 15 Oct 2026.

Comment on this application ↗

Site constraints 4

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.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not 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.
Also on the record
2 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 September 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
Broxbourne
Application type
Full
Postcode
EN7 6TH
Received
around 21 Sept 2026
Validated
21 Sept 2026
Ward
Goffs Oak
Case officer
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Decision outlook

Day 13 of the 56-day target. Broxbourne usually decides changes of use by day 56.

Day 1343 days to the 56-day target
56%decided within 8 weeks
69%approved
38decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
24 Sept 2026
Comments by
15 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Nov 2026
Broxbourne
Planning Authority Score
3.8/10
Below average
#205 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Broxbourne is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #218 out of 296. 48% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (93%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Broxbourne decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
85%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #204 of 296
93%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #125 of 296
53%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #218 of 296
48%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #211 of 296
63%
Minor dwellings approved
52 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
65%
Change of use approved
26 decided
481
Total decisions
70 refused in the year to March 2026