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Barn At Elbow Lane Farm Elbow Lane Hertford Heath Hertford SG13 7QA

3/25/0910/ARPNPN Agricultural to ResidentialApproved

Approved on 11 July 2025

Council decision: Prior Approval Req/Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Proposed change of use of barn to seven dwellings (Use Class C3) and associated operations development.

Received
26 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Hertford Heath & Brickendon
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target14 Jul
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 46 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Barn At Elbow Lane Farm Elbow Lane Hertford Heath Hertford SG13 7QA. East Hertfordshire has handled 68 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Hertford Heath & Brickendon. We hold 390 applications in total for the SG13 postcode area.

83% of all 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 7QA
Application type
PN Agricultural to Residential
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hertford Heath Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2025
Consultation expiry
26 June 2025
Last date for comments
27 June 2025
Target decision date
14 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Forest Gate Elbow Lane Hertford Heath Hertford Hertfordshire SG13 7QA

Planning decision

Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 June 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14047910
Documents
21
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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