8 Parliament Square Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1EY
Proposal
Retrospecive change of use from cake shop to cafe serving light snacks and non alcoholic drinks. Permission to install 2 tables and 4 chairs outside during opening hours.
- Received
- 16 May 2018
- Decided
- 10 August 2018 · Grant Plan Permission w Conds
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 3
- Ward
- Hertford - Castle
- ReceivedSubmitted16 May
- ValidatedValidated1 Jun
- Consult.Consultation31 Aug
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided10 Aug
Decided in 70 days (council typically 63)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 8 Parliament Square Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1EY. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,265 applications of this type and approves 78% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 86 days, 4 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's median. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,834 applications in total for the SG14 postcode area.
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Planning constraints
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- Conservation area: Hertford
- 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, 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.
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