Spellbrook Farm London Road Spellbrook Hertfordshire CM23 4AX Data via plota.co.uk

3/26/1238/LBC - Listed Building Consent Awaiting decision
Listed buildings

Proposal

Listed building consent for the reinstatement of entrance boundary wall/pillar, part replacement of timber fencing with brick and flint wall and associated works (Retrospective) Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
2 Sept 2026
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Validated
22 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 17 Nov 2026 and 1 Dec 2026, from East Hertfordshire's recent listed building works.

Comments are open until 22 Oct 2026

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Documents 14

Statements & assessments 2

PDF DESIGN ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT Supporting Documents · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Supporting Documents · 18 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 11

PDF LOCATION PLAN Location/Block/Site Plan · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SIT EPLAN Location/Block/Site Plan · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SITE PLAN Location/Block/Site Plan · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ISOMETRIC VIEW Other Drawing · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECTIONS Other Drawing · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ISOMETRIC VIEW Other Drawing · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ISOMETRIC VIEW Other Drawing · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTIONS Other Drawing · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ISOMETRIC VIEW Other Drawing · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECTIONS Other Drawing · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTIONS Other Drawing · 2 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

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Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: Spellbrook Farmhouse
List entry 1176709 · The pin is inside its outline · 3 more listed buildings within 150 m (3 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 ↗
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.
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Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
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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
Radon affected area, class 2; SSSI 326 m away: Thorley Flood Pound SSSI; Flood defence 20 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 10 year flood); Inside the Spellbrook built-up area; Priority habitat 29 m away: Deciduous woodland; Natural England's Provisional ALC map (1:250,000, 1970s) had this area as grade 3, but it predates the buildings here and the current map does not class it as farmland.
Not affected
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

Council
East Hertfordshire
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
CM23 4AX
Received
2 Sept 2026
Validated
22 Sept 2026
Ward
Sawbridgeworth
Parish
Sawbridgeworth Town Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Nov 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
4D Planning

Decision outlook

Day 17 of the 56-day target. East Hertfordshire usually decides listed building works by day 62.

Day 1745 days to the predicted decision (day 62)
45%decided within 8 weeks
81%approved
92decided in the last year

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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 6 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PLP-00007464
Comments by
22 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
17 Nov 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024 Approved
Discharge of condition 10 (Landscape) of planning approval 3/19/0835/FUL
X/24/0128/CND
2024 Approved
Discharge of condition 5 (Noise attenuation) of planning approval 3/19/0835/FUL
X/24/0151/CND
2023 Withdrawn
Retrospective conversion of existing barn into 4 dwellings. Erection of new boundary wall…
3/23/2166/FUL
2023 Withdrawn
Retrospective conversion of existing barn into 4 dwellings. Erection of new boundary wall…
3/23/2166/FUL
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
The Paddocks London Road Spellbrook Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Removal of front porch, chimney and side outbuilding. Construction of single storey side…
3/24/1973/HH
2024 Approved
The Paddocks London Road Spellbrook Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Construction of additional storey to existing property to increase the height from 5.9 me…
3/24/1628/ASDPN
2024 Approved
The Paddocks London Road Spellbrook Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Removal of the garage. Construction of single storey side extension.
3/24/1547/CLPO
2024 Approved
The Paddocks London Road Spellbrook Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Single storey rear extension: Depth 8.00 metres, Maximum height 4.00 metres, Eaves height…
3/24/1548/PNHH
2024 Refused
The Paddocks London Road Spellbrook Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Removal of front porch and chimney. Proposed loft extension and conversion with side faci…
3/24/1009/HH
2022 Approved
Highbank London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Single storey rear extension
3/22/1926/CLPO
2022 Approved
Highbank London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Single storey rear extension
3/22/1926/CLPO
2021 Approved
Highbank London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Demolition of single storey side extension. Construction of single storey rear extension…
3/21/3127/HH
2021 Approved
Highbank London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Demolition of single storey side extension. Construction of single storey rear extension…
3/21/3127/HH
2022 Approved
Highbank London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Construction of an additional storey, to increase the height of the dwelling from 5.3 met…
3/22/0606/ASDPN
2022 Refused
Highbank London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Construction of an additional storey, to increase the height of the dwelling from 5.3 met…
3/22/0607/ASDPN
2022 Approved
Highbank London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Construction of an additional storey, to increase the height of the dwelling from 5.3 met…
3/22/0606/ASDPN
2022 Refused
Highbank London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Construction of an additional storey, to increase the height of the dwelling from 5.3 met…
3/22/0607/ASDPN
2022 Approved
2 Harvest Close Spellbrook Hertfordshire CM23 4RE
Single storey rear extension. New ground floor side window and door.
3/22/0062/HH
2022 Approved
2 Harvest Close Spellbrook Hertfordshire CM23 4RE
Single storey rear extension. New ground floor side window and door.
3/22/0062/HH
2021 Refused
Highbank London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Demolition of side extension. Single storey rear extension; raising of roof to create fir…
3/21/1339/HH
2021 Refused
Highbank London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Demolition of side extension. Single storey rear extension; raising of roof to create fir…
3/21/1339/HH
2021 Approved
Orion London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Erection of a single storey rear extension, insertion of door to side and rear, insertion…
3/21/1546/HH
2021 Approved
Orion London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Erection of a single storey rear extension, insertion of door to side and rear, insertion…
3/21/1546/HH
2020 Approved
Orion London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Proposed single storey rear extension, loft conversion incorporating front and rear roofl…
3/20/2173/HH
2016 Approved
Spellbrook Farm London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Demolition of existing storage building. Construction of 3no. 4 bedroom single storey hom…
3/16/2442/FUL
2016 Approved
Land South Of Spellbrook House London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AU
Demolition of barn. Erection of 2no 5 bedroomed dwellings with garage and associated acce…
3/16/1286/FUL
2016 Approved
Land South Of Spellbrook House London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AU
Demolition of barn. Erection of 2no 5 bedroomed dwellings with garage and associated acce…
3/16/1286/FUL
2016 Withdrawn
Spellbrook Farm London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Change of use of barn to 3no 4 bedroomed dwellings
3/16/0976/ARPN
2016 Withdrawn
Spellbrook Farm London Road Spellbrook Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AX
Change of use of barn to 3no 4 bedroomed dwellings
3/16/0976/ARPN
East Hertfordshire
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#152 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings