The Ancient Raj, Knight Street, Sawbridgeworth, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9AX

3/14/1043/FPFull ApplicationWithdrawn

Full

Withdrawn on 19 August 2014

Council decision: Application Withdrawn by Applicant/AgentWithdrawn

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Proposal

Construction of 5 No. dwellings following demolition of former Indian restaurant & 3 No. garages/store.

Received: 11 June 2014
Decision level: Withdrawn
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Sawbridgeworth
Agent: Wighton Architects Ltd

ReceivedReceived11 Jun
ValidatedValidated27 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided19 Aug

Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Ancient Raj, Knight Street, Sawbridgeworth, Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, CM21 9AX. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 69 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Sawbridgeworth conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

80% of full 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 9AX
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Sawbridgeworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 June 2014
Consultation expiry: 31 July 2014
Committee meeting: 3 March 2018
Decision issued: 20 August 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Wighton Architects Ltd
Architect profile: WIGHTON ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address: 75 Thornhill Street, Calverley, Leeds, West Yorkshire (Met County), LS28 5PR

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 31 July 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-03451837
Comments: 0
Documents: 18
Constraints: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Sawbridgeworth
Listed building: Grade II: 33, Knight StreetOn this site · +7 more
Brownfield land register: Suite 2, Plymouth House, The Square, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9AERegister site at or near this address
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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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Source: East Hertfordshire

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