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23 And 23A Church Road Little Berkhamsted Hertfordshire SG13 8LY

3/25/0640/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 July 2025

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

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

Proposal

Demolition of outbuilding and single-storey rear extension. Amalgamation of two dwellings into one. Loft conversion with rooflights and pitched dormer window. Conversion of garage into habitable room. Alterations to facades. Alterations to landscaping.

Received
1 April 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hertford Rural
  1. Received1 Apr
  2. Validated14 May
  3. Consult.15 Jul
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided18 Jul

Decided in 65 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 23 And 23A Church Road Little Berkhamsted Hertfordshire SG13 8LY. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 108 days, 6 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Little Berkhamsted conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across Hertford Rural. We hold 390 applications in total for the SG13 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
SG13 8LY
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Berkhamsted Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 May 2025
Consultation expiry
19 June 2025
Last date for comments
15 July 2025
Target decision date
9 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
7 French Row St. Albans AL3 5DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
19 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13912095
Documents
23
Constraints
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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