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3/26/0331/BGP - Biodiversity Gain Plan Awaiting decision
Admin / procedural

Proposal

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jul 2026
Decision
Expected by 18 Sept 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 18 Sept 2026.

Documents 3

Statements & assessments 3

PDF BIODIVERSITY GAIN PLAN Supporting Documents · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF STATUTORY BIODIVERSITY METRIC Supporting Documents · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL 2025 Supporting Documents · 24 Jul 2026 View ↗

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Associated applications 3

Site constraints 6

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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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 Enhancement Zone 1
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
3 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: unnamed, 32 m away · 2 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.
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Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 2; Priority habitat 50 m away: Traditional orchard.
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.

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Important details

Council
East Hertfordshire
Application type
Biodiversity Gain Plan
Postcode
SG2 7HD
Received
24 Jul 2026
Validated
24 Jul 2026
Ward
Aston, Datchworth & Walkern
Parish
Aston Parish Council
Case officer
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Target decision
18 Sept 2026
Agent
Planning And Design Group (UK) Ltd

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 7 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Statutory expiry
18 Sept 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

8 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2020 Refused
Lords Farm 50 Long Lane Aston Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7HD
Conversion of agricultural building into 5 new dwellings with associated parking
3/20/0851/ARPN
2020 Refused
Lords Farm 50 Long Lane Aston Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7HD
Conversion of agricultural building into 5 new dwellings with associated parking
3/20/0851/ARPN
2019 Refused
Lords Farm 50 Long Lane Aston Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7HD
Conversion of agricultural building into 5 new dwellings with associated parking.
3/19/2611/ARPN
2019 Approved
56 Long Lane Aston Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7HD
Change of use of part of first floor from C3 (residential) to A4 (public house) for a fun…
3/19/0045/FUL
2018 Approved
The Crown Public House 56 Long Lane Aston Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7HD
Erection of 1no. coated galvanised steel shed and 1no. cold store with timber canopy in r…
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2018 Approved
The Crown Public House 56 Long Lane Aston Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7HD
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2016 Refused
Diamond Cottage 1 Holders Lane Aston Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7HH
New stable building in paddock area adjacent to existing garage and garden area.
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2016 Refused
Diamond Cottage 1 Holders Lane Aston Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7HH
New stable building in paddock area adjacent to existing garage and garden area.
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings