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Old Bell Public House 38 Bell Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AN

3/16/1258/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 August 2016

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of fence between car park and beer garden.

Received
27 May 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Sawbridgeworth
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated16 Jun
  3. Consult.21 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Aug

Decided in 50 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Old Bell Public House 38 Bell Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AN. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 days longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. 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 9AN
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sawbridgeworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 June 2016
Consultation expiry
21 July 2016
Last date for comments
21 July 2016
Committee meeting
6 December 2017
Decision issued
9 August 2016

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 July 2016

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sawbridgeworth
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Old Bell Public HouseOn this site · +3 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.

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

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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.

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

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Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    5 Jan

    Retention of previously approved canopy over rear courtyard.

    PendingFull Application3/24/0031/FUL
  2. 2022
    17 Mar

    Regularisation for the erection of canopy and erection of 3 lights. Variation of condition 3 (Use of Canopy)…

    RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)3/22/0581/VAR
  3. 2021
    17 May

    Regularisation for the erection of canopy and erection of 3 lights.

    ApprovedFull Application3/21/1323/FUL
  4. 2017
    17 Aug

    Installation of replacement signs to include: 1 x Fascia Sign, 1 x externally illuminated hanging sign, 2 x…

    ApprovedListed building consent3/17/1940/LBC
  5. 2017
    16 Aug

    Installation of replacement signs to include: 1 x Fascia Sign, 1 x externally illuminated hanging sign, 2 x…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent3/17/1938/ADV
  6. 2016
    21 Mar

    Replacement of 4 windows.

    ApprovedListed building consent3/16/0660/LBC

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