Waterhall Farm Lower Hatfield Road Little Berkhamsted Hertfordshire
Approved on 23 January 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Req/Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of general purpose agricultural building
- Received
- 27 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hertford Rural
- ReceivedReceived27 Dec
- ValidatedValidated27 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided23 Jan
Decided in 27 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an outline application at Waterhall Farm Lower Hatfield Road Little Berkhamsted Hertfordshire. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 5 weeks quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Little Berkhamsted conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across Hertford Rural.
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
- Application type
- Prior Notification Agricultural
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hertingfordbury Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 December 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- St Jacobs Hall Laxfield Woodbridge IP13 8HY
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Little Berkhamsted
- 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202614 Sep
Demolition of 2no. existing commercial (B1/B2/B8) buildings. Construction of 1no. commercial building in the…
PendingApplication3/26/1298/FUL - 20267 Jul
New agricultural building
PendingApplication3/26/0957/FUL - 202621 Apr
Partial demolition and extension to an existing agricultural building including re-cladding (retrospective).
ApprovedApplication3/26/0555/FUL - 202612 Mar
Construction of agricultural building (retrospective)
PendingFull Application3/26/0347/FUL
Source: East Hertfordshire
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