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Bengeo Working Mens Club Bengeo Street Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 3ES

3/25/1211/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 19 December 2025

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

(Retrospective) Change of use for part of the rear gardens of 23, 25 and 27 Duncombe Road to form part of the Bengeo Workingmen's Club recreational space (use class F2),

Received
21 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
5
Ward
Hertford Bengeo
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated17 Oct
  3. Consult.20 Nov
  4. Target12 Dec
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 63 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Bengeo Working Mens Club Bengeo Street Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 3ES. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 13 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 135 applications across Hertford Bengeo. 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 3ES
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hertford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 October 2025
Consultation expiry
20 November 2025
Last date for comments
20 November 2025
Target decision date
12 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14187746
Documents
13
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: Hertford
  • 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, 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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