Park Gate House Park Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QD Data via plota.co.uk

26/02439/EC - Electronic Communications Approved
Telecoms mastsUtility infrastructure

Proposal

The Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus: install cabling to exterior wall. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
29 Sept 2026
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Approved
21 Oct 2026

Approved on 21 Oct 2026 · Delegated · Last checked 22 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 8

Grade II listed: Park Gate House
List entry 1102735 · 5 m away
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.
Historic England ↗
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. 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.
Read the government guidance ↗
Registered park or garden: Knebworth
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Old Knebworth 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 ↗
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.
Public footpath 27 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
Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 17 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · 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.

Building

Floor area510 m² (5,490 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (42 out of 100), could reach D
PropertyDetached house, 13 habitable rooms
BuiltBefore 1900
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsSolid brick, as built, no insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in October 2024, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
North Hertfordshire
Application type
Electronic Communications
Postcode
SG3 6QD
Received
29 Sept 2026
Validated
29 Sept 2026
Ward
Knebworth Ward
Parish
Knebworth Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
27 Oct 2026
Decision
No Objection
Decision date
21 Oct 2026
Decision level
Delegated
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 22 days from validation, 22 days faster than North Hertfordshire's median of 44 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 96% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

74%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
47decided in the last year

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

Public comments

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Last counted 22 Oct 2026

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Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Large Fir - Fell
23/01013/TCA
2023 Approved
Large Fir - Fell
23/01013/TCA
2020 Refused
Discharge of Condition 7 (Surface material) as attached to Planning Application 18/00989/…
20/01455/DOC
2020 Refused
Discharge of Condition 7 (Surface material) as attached to Planning Application 18/00989/…
20/01455/DOC
2020 Approved
Discharge of Condition 8 (Gates) as attached to Planning Application 18/00989/FP granted…
20/01456/DOC
2020 Approved
Discharge of Condition 8 (Gates) as attached to Planning Application 18/00989/FP granted…
20/01456/DOC
2018 Approved
Creation of vehicular crossover (as amended by drawings received 12/10/2018)
18/00989/FP
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
Manor Gardens Cottage Park Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QB
Replace 4no. timber windows (2no. front dormer windows, 1no. rear dormer window and 1no…
24/01232/LBC
2023 Approved
War Memorial Park Lane Old Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QD
Treatment and consolidation of memorial as per Knebworth War Memorial Condition Survey 08…
23/02304/LBC
2023 Approved
War Memorial Park Lane Old Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QD
Treatment and consolidation of memorial as per Knebworth War Memorial Condition Survey 08…
23/02304/LBC
2021 Approved
The Meadow Land Off Park Lane Old Knebworth Hertfordshire
Removal of dead and diseased branches as per 'Tree Works'
21/02339/TCA
2021 Approved
The Meadow Land Off Park Lane Old Knebworth Hertfordshire
Removal of dead and diseased branches as per 'Tree Works'
21/02339/TCA
2020 Approved
Jubilee Lodge East Park Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QD
T2 Hawthorn - Reduce to previous point. T3 Holly - Lift crown up to 1m clearance from she…
20/02409/TCA
2020 Approved
Jubilee Lodge East Park Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QD
T2 Hawthorn - Reduce to previous point. T3 Holly - Lift crown up to 1m clearance from she…
20/02409/TCA
2019 Approved
Jubilee Lodge West Park Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QD
New entrance porch
19/01854/FPH
2019 Approved
Jubilee Lodge West Park Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth Hertfordshire SG3 6QD
New entrance porch
19/01855/LBC
2017 Approved
Jubilee Lodge East Park Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth SG3 6QD
T1: Oak - prune and crown thin by approx 30%, reduce and reshape by approx 1.0m overall
17/01881/1TCA
2016 Approved
Manor House Park Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth SG3 6QD
Reduce crown height and spread by approximately 2-3 metres and prune to one Sycamore tree…
16/00483/1TCA
2016 Approved
Manor House Park Lane Old Knebworth Knebworth SG3 6QD
Reduce crown height and spread by approximately 2-3 metres and prune to one Sycamore tree…
16/00483/1TCA
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.