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The Cottage Cherry Park Farm Road From Blind Lane To Ardeley Village By The Old Bell Ardeley Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7AH

3/21/0632/CLXUCL Existing UseRefused
Discharge / amendments

Refused on 2 July 2021

Council decision: CL Existing RefuseDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Use of building as Class E (formerly B1) Office use.

Received
11 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Walkern
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.2 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 113 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Cottage Cherry Park Farm Road From Blind Lane To Ardeley Village By The Old Bell Ardeley Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7AH. East Hertfordshire has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 113 days, 7 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Ardeley conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,264 applications in total for the SG2 postcode area.

69% of amendment 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
SG2 7AH
Application type
CL Existing Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ardeley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2021
Last date for comments
2 July 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent address
33 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA

Appeal

Appeal reference
21/00072/REFUSE
Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3278904
Dismissed
Type: Lawful Development CertificateProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 9 May 2022Dev Type: Change of useReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09516960
Documents
15
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Ardeley
  • Listed building: Ardeley PlaceOn or next to this site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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