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The Leventhorpe School Cambridge Road Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9BX

3/16/2817/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 5 April 2017

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsPlanning committee

Proposal

Demolition of three classroom blocks and the creation of new block to house 17 classrooms with 6 temporary classrooms

Received
20 December 2016
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
8
Ward
Sawbridgeworth
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.6 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Apr

Decided in 79 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Leventhorpe School Cambridge Road Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9BX. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 6 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 8 other applications 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 9BX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sawbridgeworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2017
Consultation expiry
23 February 2017
Last date for comments
6 April 2017
Committee meeting
15 June 2019
Decision issued
6 April 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lyster Grillet & Harding
Agent address
1 Pemberton Place Cambridge CB2 1XB

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 February 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-05645222
Documents
24
Constraints
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Green belt: East Hertfordshire
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    25 Mar

    Discharge of condition 7 (Travel Plan) of planning approval 3/20/1508/VAR

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/22/0151/CND
  2. 2021
    19 Oct

    Discharge of condition 4 (Temporary structures) Attached to 3/20/1508/VAR

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/21/0485/CND
  3. 2021
    23 Aug

    Discharge condition 14 (drainage) attached to 3/20/1508/VAR

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/21/0390/CND
  4. 2021
    22 Jun

    Discharge condition 11 (lighting details) attached to 3/20/1508/VAR

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/21/0308/CND
  5. 2020
    4 Nov

    Discharge condition 3 (materials) attached to 3/20/0413/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/20/0504/CND
  6. 2020
    7 Aug

    Discharge conditions 5 (Landscape and Ecological Plan), 8 (Construction Management Plan), 13 (drainage) and…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/20/0317/CND

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