5 Bank House High Street Hartley Wintney Hook RG27 8NZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01588/PREAPP - Pre-Application Registered

Proposal

Proposed Commercial Kitchen Extraction Route (meeting on-site with planning and conservation) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
17 Sept 2026
✓
Validated
18 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 16 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 13 Nov 2026, from Hart's recent commercial premises.

Comments are open until 9 Oct 2026

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Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: National Westminster Bank
List entry 1079632 · The pin is inside its outline · 8 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 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 ↗
Hartley Wintney conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Hartley Wintney. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Special protection area 500 m away: Thames Basin Heaths; SSSI 500 m away: Hazeley Heath SSSI; Inside the Hartley Wintney built-up area; Priority habitat 37 m away: Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh; Open access land 30 m away: Access Land - Combined Open Country, Registered Common Land and Section 16 Dedicated Land. MoD Byelaw, Section 28 Exclusions, Racecourses and Aerodromes and ECP Margin have been removed.; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 4, 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 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
Hart
Application type
Pre-Application
Postcode
RG27 8NZ
Received
17 Sept 2026
Validated
18 Sept 2026
Ward
Hartley Wintney
Parish
Hartley Wintney
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
Show
Agent
Noel Samaroo

Decision outlook

Day 21 of the 56-day target. Hart usually decides commercial premises by day 56.

Day 2135 days to the 56-day target
58%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
50decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Hart in the last twelve months, from validation. Hart decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
9 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
16 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Hart
Planning Authority Score
4.7/10
Below average
#165 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Hart ranks #116 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (86%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Hart decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
84%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #223 of 296
86%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #244 of 296
71%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #116 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #111 of 296
64%
Minor dwellings approved
45 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
2 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
16 decided
698
Total decisions
114 refused in the year to March 2026

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