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Mentley Farm Mentley Lane West Puckeridge Hertfordshire SG11 1TW

3/24/1532/CUAPNPN Change of Use AgriculturalApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 October 2024

Council decision: Prior Approval Req/Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use of three agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use within Class B8 (Storage or Distribution).

Received
16 August 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Braughing & Standon
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated16 Aug
  3. Consult.19 Sep
  4. Target4 Oct
  5. Decided1 Oct

Decided in 46 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Mentley Farm Mentley Lane West Puckeridge Hertfordshire SG11 1TW. East Hertfordshire has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Braughing & Standon. We hold 1,242 applications in total for the SG11 postcode area.

69% of amendment 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
SG11 1TW
Application type
PN Change of Use Agricultural
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Standon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 August 2024
Consultation expiry
19 September 2024
Last date for comments
19 September 2024
Target decision date
4 October 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Dairy Barn Offley Hoo Hoo Lane, Great Offley Hitchin Herts SG5 3ED

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
19 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13273869
Documents
0
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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, 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    16 Aug

    Change of use of three agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use within Class B8 (Storage or…

    This applicationPrior Approval Req/Grant with ConditionsAmendment3/24/1532/CUAPN
  2. 2024
    16 Aug

    Change of use of three agricultural buildings to a flexible commercial use within Class E (g) (iii) (Light…

    Prior Approval Req/Grant with ConditionsPN Change of Use AgriculturalFiled alongside3/24/1533/CUAPN

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Oct

    Change of use of vacant agricultural building to Class B8 storage or distribution and Class Eg(iii)…

    PendingApplication3/26/1435/FUL
  2. 2026
    20 Mar

    Discharge Condition 4 (EV charging) attached to 3/25/1918/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/26/0125/CND
  3. 2026
    3 Feb

    Discharge of condition 9 (Electrical Upgrades) attached to 3/24/0282/LBC

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/26/0050/CND
  4. 2025
    11 Dec

    Change of use of agricultural building to Class B8 storage or distribution marking out of vehicular parking…

    ApprovedFull Application3/25/1918/FUL
  5. 2025
    7 Nov

    Discharge of condition 3 (Materials), condition 4 (New Windows), condition 5 (New Doors) and condition 6…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/25/0615/CND
  6. 2025
    7 Nov

    Discharge of condition 5 (Details of building works), condition 6 (Details of joists), condition 7 (Details…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/25/0614/CND

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