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Princess Mary House 4 Bluecoats Avenue Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1PB

3/24/1909/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 17 April 2025

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of offices (Class E) into six residential units (Class C3). Alterations to existing boundary wall to create pedestrian access, provision of cycle store, alterations to hard/soft landscaping and installation of 6 electric vehicle charging points.

Received
10 October 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Hertford Castle
  1. Received10 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.29 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 185 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Princess Mary House 4 Bluecoats Avenue Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1PB. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 18 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Hertford Castle. We hold 2,859 applications in total for the SG14 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
SG14 1PB
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hertford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2024
Consultation expiry
21 November 2024
Last date for comments
29 January 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
33 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
21 November 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13461177
Documents
42
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hertford
  • Listed building: Grade II: 7, Bluecoat AvenueOn this site · +4 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.

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

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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.

© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    8 Dec

    Discharge of Condition 5 (Cycle Store - Guttering) and Condition 6 (Landscaping) attached to 3/24/1909/FUL

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsX/25/0646/CND
  2. 2025
    8 Dec

    Discharge of condition 4 (Archaeology) attached to 3/24/1909/FUL

    Condition partially dischargedDischarge of conditionsX/25/0653/CND
  3. 2025
    2 Dec

    Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) attached to application 3/24/1909/FUL

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)3/25/1886/VAR
  4. 2024
    10 Oct

    Conversion of offices (Class E) into six residential units (Class C3). Alterations to existing boundary wall…

    This applicationApprovedFull3/24/1909/FUL
  5. 2024
    10 Oct

    Conversion of offices (Class E) into six residential units (Class C3), together with alterations to existing…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside3/24/1910/LBC

Source: East Hertfordshire

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