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2 Forres Close, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 9HZ

07/25/0350/LDPLawful Dev. Cert. (Proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 25 June 2025

Council decision: UNCONDITIONAL APPROVAL

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed change of use of the dwelling from Class C3 to a children's home within Class C2 for up to 3 children with 2 carers at any time

Submitted
17 April 2025
Ward
Rye Park
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated17 Apr
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Jun

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at 2 Forres Close, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, EN11 9HZ. Broxbourne has handled 782 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days longer than Broxbourne's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 23 applications across Rye Park. We hold 414 applications in total for the EN11 postcode area.

91% of outline applications at Broxbourne Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EN11 9HZ
Application type
Lawful Dev. Cert. (Proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 April 2025
Consultation expiry
17 April 2025
Consultation end
17 April 2025

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Broxbourne

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