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Silver Birches High Molewood Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 2PL

3/24/0779/CLUPCL Proposed UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 17 June 2024

Council decision: CL Proposed GrantDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Use of dwelling (currently Use Class C3a) as a children's home (Use Class C3b) for up to three young people aged between 10-18, one live in carer and three part time visiting support workers.

Received
22 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Hertford Bengeo
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.30 Apr
  4. Target17 Jun
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Silver Birches High Molewood Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 2PL. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 135 applications across Hertford Bengeo. We hold 2,859 applications in total for the SG14 postcode area.

79% of outline 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 2PL
Application type
CL Proposed Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hertford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 April 2024
Last date for comments
30 April 2024
Target decision date
17 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
50 Grosvenor Hill London W1K 3QT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12993433
Documents
16
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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