Cobblestones 12 Hebing End Benington Hertfordshire SG2 7DD Data via plota.co.uk

3/26/0896/PIP - Permission in Principle Refused

Proposal

Permission in principle for erection of 5 x dwellinghouses together with parking, landscaping and access Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
23 Jun 2026
✗
Refused
4 Aug 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 4 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 6 Aug 2026

Documents 53

Consultation & comments 39

PDF CPRE - 31/7/26 Consultee Correspondence · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 31 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF LANDSCAPE - 28/7/26 Correspondence in - Internal Consultation · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 28/7/26 Correspondence in - Internal Consultation · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF RESPONSE TO CONSULTATION COMMENTS Supporting Documents · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF RESPONSE TO HIGHWAY AND FIRE CONSULTATION COMMENTS Supporting Documents · 23 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 8 Jul 2026 View ↗
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PDF HERTFORDSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE - 2/7/26 Consultee Correspondence · 2 Jul 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗
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PDF HIGHWAYS - 30/6/26 Consultee Correspondence · 30 Jun 2026 View ↗
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All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 4

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.
Habitat network: Network Expansion Zone
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; Radon affected area, class 2.
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, 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.

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Important details

Application type
Permission in Principle
Postcode
SG2 7DD
Received
23 Jun 2026
Validated
23 Jun 2026
Ward
Aston, Datchworth & Walkern
Parish
Beninigton Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
28 Jul 2026
Decision
Refuse Permission in Principle
Decision date
4 Aug 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Shrimplin Planning & Development

How this decision compares

Decided in 42 days from validation, 23 days faster than East Hertfordshire's median of 65 for new homes. Refused, as 46% of new homes here are.

45%decided within 8 weeks
54%approved
79decided in the last year

Plota live figures for new homes decided by East Hertfordshire in the last twelve months, from validation. East Hertfordshire decision record →

Public comments

30comments received
30 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

54 neighbours consulted · Last counted 6 Aug 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15019780
Planning Portal ref
PP-15019780
Statutory expiry
28 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No
East Hertfordshire
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#152 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

East Hertfordshire is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #93 out of 296. East Hertfordshire is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 84% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 84% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
East Hertfordshire decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
81%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #256 of 296
84%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #256 of 296
73%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #93 of 296
36%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #109 of 296
53%
Minor dwellings approved
128 decided (1-9 homes)
82%
Major dwellings approved
11 decided (10+ homes)
94%
Change of use approved
36 decided
1,184
Total decisions
223 refused in the year to March 2026

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