Northfields House Cambridge Road Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9BZ
Refused on 12 October 2016
Council decision: RefusePlanning committee
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Proposal
Outline application for 33 dwellings. All matters reserved except for access.
- Received
- 27 July 2016
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 82
- Ward
- Sawbridgeworth
- Agent
- Jon Durbin Associates Ltd
- ReceivedReceived27 Jul
- ValidatedValidated27 Jul
- Consult.Consultation14 Oct
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided12 Oct
Decided in 77 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application at Northfields House Cambridge Road Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9BZ. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 2 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. 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 9BZ
- Application type
- Outline Application
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 33
- Parish
- Sawbridgeworth Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 July 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 15 September 2016
- Last date for comments
- 14 October 2016
- Committee meeting
- 12 October 2016
- Decision issued
- 14 October 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Jon Durbin Associates Ltd
- Architect profile
- JON DURBIN ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- Agent address
- 5 Yeomans Court Ware Road Hertford SG13 7HJ
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 15 September 2016
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-05359286
- Documents
- 44
- Constraints
- 7
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Listed building: Grade II: Three Mile Pond Farmhouse (400 Yards North of Bull Public House)On or next to this site
- Green belt: East HertfordshirePart of the site
- 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 (20)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: East Hertfordshire
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