The Blackbirds 17 Parliament Square Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1EX
Approved on 5 April 2023
Council decision: Grant Consent w Conds (LBC & ADV)Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Proposed internal alterations and refurbishment/redecoration works, including alterations to the bar servery, fixed furniture, a new screen adjacent to the bar servery, new flooring, new electrical items, refurbishment of the toilets and full redecoration throughout. Proposed external works, including installation of retractable canopy, seating, lighting, television and erection of bin stores.
- Received
- 7 February 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hertford - Castle
- ReceivedReceived7 Feb
- ValidatedValidated10 Feb
- Consult.Consultation16 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided5 Apr
Decided in 54 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a heritage application at The Blackbirds 17 Parliament Square Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1EX. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,410 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 6 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 1EX
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hertford Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 February 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 16 March 2023
- Last date for comments
- 16 March 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Seacourt Tower West Way Oxford OX2 2JJ
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 16 March 2023
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hertford
- Brownfield land register: 17 - 19 Castle Street, Hertford, Sg14 1ERRegister 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
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Proposed external works, including installation of retractable canopy, seating, lighting, television and…
ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside3/23/0234/FUL - 20237 Feb
Proposed internal alterations and refurbishment/redecoration works, including alterations to the bar servery…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent3/23/0235/LBC
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