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Green Space South Of Bell Street And West Of The Bell Street Car Park Entrance Next To Asquith Barley Barn Sawbridgeworth Day Nursery And Bell Pharmacy Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire

3/25/0250/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 April 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

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

Proposal

Development of land as focal point for town centre/multi-use area

Received
14 February 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Sawbridgeworth
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 387 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Green Space South Of Bell Street And West Of The Bell Street Car Park Entrance Next To Asquith Barley Barn Sawbridgeworth Day Nursery And Bell Pharmacy Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 434 days, 53 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Sawbridgeworth.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sawbridgeworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2025
Consultation expiry
16 May 2025
Last date for comments
23 February 2026
Target decision date
28 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sayesbury Manor Bell Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 May 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13778247
Documents
26
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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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