North Aston Water Tower Aston End Road Aston Hertfordshire
Refused on 14 March 2022
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Conversion and extension to disused water tower into a residential property, with additional works including creation of external staircase and roof terrace
- Received
- 7 June 2021
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Datchworth And Aston
- ReceivedReceived7 Jun
- ValidatedValidated24 Jun
- Consult.Consultation14 Mar
- TargetTarget Date19 Aug
- DecidedDecided14 Mar
Decided in 263 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at North Aston Water Tower Aston End Road Aston Hertfordshire. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 280 days, 31 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address.
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
- Application type
- Full Application
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Aston Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 24 June 2021
- Consultation expiry
- 29 July 2021
- Last date for comments
- 14 March 2022
- Target decision date
- 19 August 2021
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 8 Barbara Court Welwyn AL6 9GB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 July 2021
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- 22/00062/REFUSE
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09906345
- Documents
- 0
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: East Hertfordshire
- 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)
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: East Hertfordshire
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