Heatherdown Hare Street Hertfordshire SG9 0AE Data via plota.co.uk

3/25/0989/OUT - Outline Application Awaiting decision

Proposal

Outline application for demolition of outbuildings, and erection of 3 self build dwellings with all matter reserved except access and layout. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Jun 2025
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Validated
1 Jul 2025
Decision
Target date was 26 Aug 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 484.

The consultation period closed on 1 Aug 2025.

Documents 27

Consultation & comments 10

PDF LETTER FROM NATURAL ENGLAND Consultee Correspondence · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 24/9/25 Correspondence in - Internal Consultation · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 31 Jul 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 31 Jul 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗
PDF HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT 8/7/25 Consultee Correspondence · 8 Jul 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 7 Jul 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 7 Jul 2025 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Neighbour Correspondence · 7 Jul 2025 View ↗
PDF HIGHWAYS - 3/7/25 Consultee Correspondence · 3 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 2
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), which most planning maps still show, had this area as grade 3. The predicted grade is Defra's current estimate; only a site survey settles it.
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.
8 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Hare Street Cottage, Grade II, 33 m away · 1 Grade II*, 6 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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.
Show all 8 with distances
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 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 area127 m² (1,367 sq ft)
Energy ratingE (39 out of 100), could reach D
PropertyDetached house, 5 habitable rooms
Built1976 to 1982
HeatingBoiler and radiators, oil
WallsCavity wall, as built, partial insulation (assumed)

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2011, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Outline Application
Postcode
SG9 0AE
Received
10 Jun 2025
Validated
1 Jul 2025
Ward
Buntingford
Parish
Hormead Parish Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
26 Aug 2025
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 484, past the statutory target. 88% of outline applications in East Hertfordshire are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 23 Oct 2026.

Day 484428 days past the 56-day target
82%decided within 8 weeks
41%approved
18decided in the last year

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

Public comments

6comments received
3 objecting3 neutral

50% object · below the UK average of 74%

10 neighbours consulted · Last counted 23 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14077123
Planning Portal ref
PP-14077123
Comments by
1 Aug 2025
Statutory expiry
26 Aug 2025
Env. assessment
No
East Hertfordshire
Planning Authority Score
4.9/10
Below average
#152 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Major dwellings

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

Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use

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.