38 Bell Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AN

3/21/1323/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 7 January 2022

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Regularisation for the erection of canopy and erection of 3 lights.

Received: 17 May 2021
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 6
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Sawbridgeworth

ReceivedReceived17 May
ValidatedValidated17 May
Consult.Consultation7 Jan
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided7 Jan

Decided in 235 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 38 Bell Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AN. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 235 days, 25 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Sawbridgeworth conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Sawbridgeworth. We hold 1,438 applications in total for the CM21 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: CM21 9AN
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Sawbridgeworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 May 2021
Consultation expiry: 1 June 2021
Last date for comments: 7 January 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 1A Church Street Sawbridgeworth CM21 9AB

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 1 June 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-09849179
Documents: 22
Constraints: 12

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Sawbridgeworth
Listed building: Grade II: The Old Bell Public HouseOn this site · +3 more
Brownfield land register: Suite 2, Plymouth House, The Square, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9AERegister 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

2022
17 Mar
Regularisation for the erection of canopy and erection of 3 lights. Variation of condition 3 (Use of Canopy)…
RefusedVariation of conditions (s73)3/22/0581/VAR
2021
17 May
Regularisation for the erection of canopy and erection of 3 lights.
This applicationApprovedFull3/21/1323/FUL

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Source: East Hertfordshire

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