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Bluecoat House 9 Bluecoats Avenue Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1PB

3/25/0625/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Extension to basement (including the provision of light wells), erection of ground floor extensions , first floor extension, mansard roof extensions together with associated elevational alterations. Change of use from offices to residential and conversion to provide 19 no self-contained flats.

Received
31 March 2025
Decision due
5 August 2025
Public comments
15
Ward
Hertford Castle
  1. Received31 Mar
  2. Validated6 May
  3. Consult.13 Jun
  4. Target5 Aug
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bluecoat House 9 Bluecoats Avenue Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1PB. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 31 March 2025 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 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
Large
Number of dwellings
19
Parish
Hertford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 May 2025
Consultation expiry
13 June 2025
Last date for comments
13 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Sacombe House Sacombe Park Nr. Ware SG12 0JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
13 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13896918
Documents
87
Constraints
10

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.

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

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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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