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Bircherley Green Shopping Centre Bircherley Green Hertford Hertfordshire

3/19/0130/NMAApp for Non-Material AmendmentsRefused
Discharge / amendments

Proposal

A non-material amendment to LPA's ref: 3/17/0392/FUL - (Mixed-use redevelopment, including partial demolition of existing buildings, to provide up to 4,694 sqm retail floorspace (Use Classes A1 to A5), an 86-bed hotel (Use Class C1), 70 residential flats (Use Class C3), Refurbishment of existing car park to provide 143 pay and display, 40 residential, 5 car club (total of 188) parking spaces, enhancement of bus station facilities, new public realm and landscaping to riverside, and associated works and improvements): Condition 3: Amendment to the wording to remove reference to "Flemish Bond" to allow for the use of stretcher bond.

Received
23 January 2019
Decided
19 February 2019 · Refuse NMA
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hertford - Castle
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Feb

Decided in 27 days (council typically 63)

9 weeks typical decision time in East Hertfordshire71% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at Bircherley Green Shopping Centre Bircherley Green Hertford Hertfordshire. East Hertfordshire has handled 454 applications of this type and approves 75% of them, typically deciding them in 30 days. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's median. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address.

Application Details

Reference
3/19/0130/NMA
Address
Bircherley Green Shopping Centre Bircherley Green Hertford Hertfordshire
Local Authority
East Hertfordshire
Application Type
App for Non-Material Amendments
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
70
Decision Status
Rejected
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Hertford - Castle
Parish
Hertford Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Second Floor 7 Soho Square London W1D 3QB

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
23 January 2019
Consultation Expiry
19 February 2019
Date Decided
19 February 2019
Date Validated
23 January 2019
Date Submitted
23 January 2019
Consultation End
19 February 2019
Neighbour Consultation End
19 February 2019
Last Date for Comments
19 February 2019
Committee Meeting
26 February 2019

Planning Decision

Decision
Refuse NMA
Decided By
Delegated Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07560025
Comments
1
Documents
10
Constraints
11
Coordinates
51.797695, -0.077016
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Hertfordshire

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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    23 Jan

    A non-material amendment to LPA's ref: 3/17/0392/FUL

    RefusedNon-material amendmentFiled alongside3/19/0129/NMA
  2. 2019
    23 Jan

    A non-material amendment to LPA's ref: 3/17/0392/FUL

    This applicationRefusedNon-material amendment3/19/0130/NMA

Planning constraints

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: Gateway to Lombard HouseOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • Brownfield land register: 8 – 12 Bull Plain, Hertford, SG14 1DTRegister site at or near this address

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.

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