28 Knight Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AU

3/23/2062/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 11 December 2024

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsPlanning committee12 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Partial change of use from Class E use into Sui Generis to allow for Live entertainment with the sale of alcohol and Hot Food. Installation of air source heat pump, erection of rear canopy, screen fence, external flue and external seating area.

Received: 30 October 2023
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 107
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Sawbridgeworth

ReceivedReceived30 Oct
ValidatedValidated16 Nov
Consult.Consultation11 Dec
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided11 Dec

Decided in 391 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 28 Knight Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AU. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 408 days, 49 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Sawbridgeworth conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 9AU
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Large
Parish: Sawbridgeworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 November 2023
Consultation expiry: 21 December 2023
Last date for comments: 11 December 2024
Committee meeting: 4 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent address: 122 West Road Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM210BW

Planning decision

Case officer: .

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 21 December 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12564376
Documents: 161
Constraints: 6

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: 28, Knight StreetOn this site · +3 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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Source: East Hertfordshire

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