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Bluecoat House 9 Bluecoats Avenue Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1PB

3/18/2798/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 November 2020

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension to basement (including the provision of light wells), erection of ground floor side extensions , first floor rear extension, mansard roof extensions together with associated elevational alterations. Change of use from offices to residential and conversion to provide 15 no self-contained flats.

Received
28 December 2018
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
Hertford - Castle
  1. Received28 Dec
  2. Validated16 Jan
  3. Consult.3 Feb
  4. Target17 Apr
  5. Decided9 Nov

Decided in 663 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Bluecoat House 9 Bluecoats Avenue Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1PB. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 682 days, 88 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 2,859 applications in total for the SG14 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
SG14 1PB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
15
Parish
Hertford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 January 2019
Consultation expiry
3 February 2020
Consultation end
3 February 2020
Neighbour consultation end
20 December 2019
Last date for comments
9 November 2020
Target decision date
17 April 2019
Committee meeting
4 November 2020

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
23 Acres End Chelmsford Chelmsford CM1 2XR

Planning decision

Case officer
.
Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
14 February 2019
Site notice end
20 December 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07509374
Documents
121
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Hertford
  • Listed building: Grade II: Bluecoats HouseOn this site · +3 more

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.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2018
    28 Dec

    Extension to basement (including the provision of light wells), erection of ground floor side extensions…

    This applicationApprovedFull3/18/2798/FUL
  2. 2018
    28 Dec

    Extension to basement (including the provision of light wells), erection of ground floor side extensions…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside3/18/2799/LBC

Source: East Hertfordshire

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