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Church Farm Moor Green Road Ardeley Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7AH

3/23/1641/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 6 December 2024

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

The demolition of existing buildings and erection of: Barn 1 - office accommodation, and 6 units of overnight accommodation (with 14 beds in total) for staff, volunteers and students working on the farm site (class E(g); Barn 2 - 12 self-contained holiday lodges, outbuilding for shower and laundry facilities (class C3 but occupation restricted to short stays only); Barn 3 - 3 retail/workshops (class E(a) / E(g)); Barn 4 - learning and meeting/events space with kitchen and two offices at first floor (Class F.1(a) / F.2(b) and Class E(g)); erection of 6 dwellings (class C3); widening of access and footpath and associated car parking provision

Received
25 August 2023
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
20
Ward
The Mundens
  1. Received25 Aug
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.6 Dec
  4. Target
  5. Decided6 Dec

Decided in 436 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Church Farm Moor Green Road Ardeley Stevenage Hertfordshire SG2 7AH. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 469 days, 58 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across The Mundens. We hold 1,264 applications in total for the SG2 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
SG2 7AH
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ardeley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2023
Consultation expiry
16 November 2023
Last date for comments
6 December 2024
Committee meeting
4 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Yew Tree Cottage Green End Dane End Ware SG12 0NX

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 November 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12413814
Documents
88
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    24 Mar

    Discharge of condition 3 (Construction Management Plan) of planning approval 3/21/1983/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/23/0111/CND
  2. 2023
    27 Feb

    Discharge of Conditions 3 (Construction Management Plan), 4 (Programme of Archaeological Work), and 5…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/23/0070/CND
  3. 2021
    26 Jul

    Resurfacing of farm tracks within the farm holding

    ApprovedFull Application3/21/1982/FUL
  4. 2021
    26 Jul

    Erection of two agricultural barns; resurfacing of yard and upgrading of rain water drainage.

    ApprovedFull Application3/21/1983/FUL
  5. 2021
    27 Apr

    Alteration to an existing road or highway: Length 2831.0 metres, Width 3.5 metres.

    WithdrawnPrior Notification Agricultural3/21/1112/AGPN
  6. 2021
    26 Feb

    Demolition of existing buildings and erection of: Barn 1 - office accommodation, and 6 units of overnight…

    ApprovedFull Application3/21/0498/FUL

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