Land West Of Wadesmill Road Bengeo Hertford Data via plota.co.uk

Decided 3/25/1356/NMA

Admin / procedural

Council

East Hertfordshire 4.9/10

Date received

19 Aug 2025

Date validated

19 Aug 2025

Description

Non-material amendment to planning permission reference: (Erection of 118 dwellings, including access roads, cycle and pedestrian routes, cycle and car parking, public open space, landscaping, tree protection measures, sustainable urban drainage system (SuDS) and associated ancillary structures). Amendments to include: removal of garage for Plot 117, reconfiguration of layouts for Plots 117 and 118, re-positioning of substation and bin stores adjacent to Plots 80 - 85, other minor changes to the layout and associated updates to the wording of conditions 24, 25, 27 and 29. Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 13 Oct 2026, 16:33

Site constraints 3

Agricultural land, grade 3b, surveyed

Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: Natural England's post-1988 ALC field survey (Cambridge). 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.

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Also on the record

Local nature reserve about 415 m away: Waterford Heath; Green belt about 39 m away: London.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 17 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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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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