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Sawbridgeworth Police Station, Cambridge Road, Sawbridgeworth, Herts, CM21 9BS

3/13/0987/POPrior Notification Office to DwellingApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 30 July 2013

Council decision: Prior Approval not RequiredDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from B1 office to residential

Received
6 June 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Sawbridgeworth
  1. Received6 Jun
  2. Validated6 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Jul

Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Sawbridgeworth Police Station, Cambridge Road, Sawbridgeworth, Herts, CM21 9BS. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 9 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Sawbridgeworth. We hold 1,438 applications in total for the CM21 postcode area.

79% of outline applications at East Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
CM21 9BS
Application type
Prior Notification Office to Dwelling
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sawbridgeworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 June 2013
Committee meeting
19 April 2018

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
6
Constraints
7

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. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

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.

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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    13 Sep

    Change of Use from Police Station to Residential

    ApprovedFull Application3/13/1647/FP

Source: East Hertfordshire

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