Near The Grange Gardiners Lane Ashwell Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5NA Data via plota.co.uk

26/02316/EC - Electronic Communications Awaiting decision

Proposal

Replacement 1 x 10m wooden pole and installation of 2 x 9m wooden poles Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓

Received

15 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 13 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 31 Oct 2026, from North Hertfordshire's recent utility and infrastructure works.

Comments are open until 30 Oct 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 4

Ashwell 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.

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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.

Registered park or garden 39 m away: Ashwell Bury

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 1

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

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

Council: North Hertfordshire
Application type: Electronic Communications
Postcode: SG7 5NA
Received: 15 Sept 2026
Validated: 15 Sept 2026
Ward: Arbury Ward
Parish: Ashwell Parish Council
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 13 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show

Decision outlook

Day 24 of the 56-day target. North Hertfordshire usually decides utility and infrastructure works by day 44.

prediction

Day 2432 days to the 56-day target

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

No public comments yet.

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 30 Oct 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