Tooke House 20 Bull Plain Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1DT

3/19/2106/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 10 December 2019

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Change of use from B1 (office) to C3 (residential) to create 2, 1 bedroomed apartments and 3, two bedroomed apartment with mixed use 'live work' apartment on ground floor with the creation of bin store and replacement of door for window and insertion of rooflight. Internal alterations to include Internal alterations, including the removal and creation of walls and doors.

Received: 15 October 2019
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Hertford - Castle

ReceivedReceived15 Oct
ValidatedValidated15 Oct
Consult.Consultation26 Nov
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided10 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at Tooke House 20 Bull Plain Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1DT. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,410 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 2,859 applications in total for the SG14 postcode area.

84% of heritage 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 1DT
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hertford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 October 2019
Consultation expiry: 21 November 2019
Last date for comments: 26 November 2019

Applicant and agent

Agent address: The Lodge St Katharines Green Little Bardfield CM7 4TT

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 21 November 2019

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-08226057
Comments: 0
Documents: 17
Constraints: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Hertford
Listed building: Grade II: Hertford Museum Tooke HouseOn this site · +4 more
Brownfield land register: 8 – 12 Bull Plain, Hertford, SG14 1DTRegister 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, 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.

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Associated applications

2019
15 Oct
Change of use from B1 (office) to C3 (residential) to create 2, 1 bedroomed apartments and 3, two bedroomed…
RefusedFull ApplicationFiled alongside3/19/2105/FUL
2019
15 Oct
Change of use from B1 (office) to C3 (residential) to create 2, 1 bedroomed apartments and 3, two bedroomed…
This applicationRefusedListed building consent3/19/2106/LBC

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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