Hanbury Manor Hotel Cambridge Road Thundridge Hertfordshire SG12 0SD Data via plota.co.uk

3/26/1123/FUL - Full Application Awaiting decision
Commercial & major works

Proposal

Conversion of existing enclosed tennis court to three padel courts with associated fencing. Removal of tennis court and reinstatement of grassland. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Aug 2026
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Validated
26 Aug 2026
Decision
Expected by 21 Oct 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 30 Oct 2026 and 19 Nov 2026, from East Hertfordshire's recent full applications. Comments are open until 1 Oct 2026.

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Documents 5

Statements & assessments 1

PDF BIODIVERSITY QUESTIONNAIRE Supporting Documents · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 4

PDF PROPOSED PLAN Proposed Floor Plans · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Proposed Elevations · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING PLAN Existing Floor Plans · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ELEVATIONS Existing Elevations · 26 Aug 2026 View ↗

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Site constraints 6

Grade II* listed: Poles Convent (Fcj)
List entry 1204101 · 8 m from the pin
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.
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.
Registered park or garden: Poles Park
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Agricultural land, grade 2
Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Predicted from the national soil map. The older provisional map, 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.
Also on the record
SSSI 228 m away: Downfield Pit, Westmill SSSI; Priority habitat 32 m away: Deciduous woodland.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 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
East Hertfordshire
Application type
Full Application
Postcode
SG12 0SD
Received
11 Aug 2026
Validated
26 Aug 2026
Ward
Ware Rural
Parish
Thundridge Parish Council
Target decision
21 Oct 2026
Agent
NTA Planning Consultants LLP

Decision outlook

Day 19 of the 56-day target. East Hertfordshire usually decides full applications by day 76.

Day 1957 days to the predicted decision (day 76)
30%decided within 8 weeks
77%approved
93decided in the last year

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

Public comments

5comments received
5 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 75%

4 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15146720
Comments by
1 Oct 2026
Statutory expiry
21 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Insertion of banisters to steps leading from Poles Hall (internal)
3/25/1098/LBC
2025 Approved
Insertion of banisters to steps leading from Poles Hall (internal)
3/25/1098/LBC
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2017 Approved
Hanbury Manor Hotel Cambridge Road Thundridge Ware Hertfordshire SG12 0SD
Conditions 2 - external materials, 3 - structural timber proposals, 4 - drawings of windo…
X/17/0460/CND
2017 Approved
Hanbury Manor Hotel Cambridge Road Thundridge Ware Hertfordshire SG12 0SD
Internal alterations to include the replacement of 12 pairs of double doors. Replacement…
3/17/0001/LBC
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