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17 Bell Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AR

3/21/2244/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 June 2022

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing detached garage with first floor bedsit room above to use class E to use as a shop with first floor staff amenity and storage space. Alterations to South elevation to remove the 2 garages doors and replace with a window and door.

Received
26 August 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Sawbridgeworth
  1. Received26 Aug
  2. Validated15 Sep
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target10 Nov
  5. Decided13 Jun

Decided in 271 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 17 Bell Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AR. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 291 days, 33 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Sawbridgeworth conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 9AR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sawbridgeworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 September 2021
Consultation expiry
14 October 2021
Last date for comments
13 June 2022
Target decision date
10 November 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
14 October 2021

Additional information

Documents
17
Constraints
7

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: 17, Bell StreetOn this site · +2 more
  • 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 (20)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    30 Aug

    Change of use of double garage to bedsit and garage

    ApprovedFull Application3/13/1562/FP

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