Small Gains Recreation Ground Small Gains Lane Station Road Ashwell Baldock SG7 5LT Data via plota.co.uk

26/01884/FP - Full Planning Permission Registered

Proposal

Erection of detached outbuilding ancillary accommodation to Ashwell Academicals Youth Football Club including toilet facilities, changing space. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
1 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 26 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 19 Nov 2026, from North Hertfordshire's recent extensions.

Comments are open until 4 Nov 2026

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Site constraints 7

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Public byway open to all traffic 28 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.
Also on the record
Scheduled monument 172 m away: Crop Marks of five Ring Ditches west of Station Road, Ashwell; Conservation area 39 m away: Ashwell; SSSI 380 m away: Ashwell Springs SSSI; Inside the Ashwell built-up area; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 2, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
SG7 5LT
Received
1 Oct 2026
Validated
1 Oct 2026
Ward
Arbury Ward
Parish
Ashwell Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
26 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 8 of the 56-day target. North Hertfordshire usually decides extensions by day 49.

Day 848 days to the 56-day target
79%decided within 8 weeks
91%approved
570decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by North Hertfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. North Hertfordshire decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

1 neighbour consulted · Last counted 6 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15110949
Planning Portal ref
PP-15110949
Comments by
4 Nov 2026
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