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(HERT4) Former Bengeo Nursery Sacombe Road Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 3HG

3/19/1826/FULMajor Full ApplicationPending Decision
Full

Proposal

Demolition of garden nursery and the erection of 52 dwellings including access, parking, amenity, public open space and tree protection measures.

Received
5 September 2019
Decided
6 March 2020 · Grant Plan Permission w Conds
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
28
Ward
Hertford - Bengeo
Approximate site (title boundary)
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  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.24 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 182 days (council typically 63)

9 weeks typical decision time in East Hertfordshire80% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application for demolition at (HERT4) Former Bengeo Nursery Sacombe Road Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 3HG. 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 183 days, 18 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,834 applications in total for the SG14 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
3/19/1826/FUL
Address
(HERT4) Former Bengeo Nursery Sacombe Road Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 3HG
Postcode
SG14 3HG
Local Authority
East Hertfordshire
Application Type
Major Full Application
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
52
Decision Status
Conditions
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Hertford - Bengeo
Parish
Hertford Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Kinetic Centre Theobald Street Elstree WD6 4PJ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
5 September 2019
Consultation Expiry
24 February 2020
Date Decided
6 March 2020
Date Validated
6 September 2019
Date Submitted
5 September 2019
Consultation End
24 February 2020
Neighbour Consultation End
24 February 2020
Last Date for Comments
17 July 2020
Committee Meeting
4 March 2020
Decision Issued
17 July 2020

Planning Decision

Decision
Grant Plan Permission w Conds
Decided By
Committee Decision

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry
10 October 2019
Site Notice End
4 October 2019

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-08081355
Comments
28
Documents
183
Constraints
8
Coordinates
51.811302, -0.081891
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Hertfordshire

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: HertfordNext to the site
  • Green belt: East HertfordshireNext to the site
  • Brownfield land register: Land North of Hertford (Nursery Site), Sacombe Road, Hertford, SG14 3DXRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

flood storage 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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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