Turnberry House 30 St Andrew Street Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1JA

3/25/1219/FULFull ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 14 January 2026

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Change of use and conversion of building from office to residential use, creation of lightwell and staircase to basement, changes to internal partition of rooms, provision of car and cycle parking.

Received: 21 July 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Hertford Bengeo

ReceivedReceived21 Jul
ValidatedValidated8 Aug
Consult.Consultation15 Sep
TargetTarget Date3 Oct
DecidedDecided14 Jan

Decided in 159 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Turnberry House 30 St Andrew Street Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1JA. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 177 days, 16 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications 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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Why it was refused

Insufficient information has been submitted by the applicant to demonstrate that the works required to carry out the scheme would not be harmful to the heritage asset. Given the lack of information, it cannot be concluded that the special interest of the Listed Building would be preserved. Therefore, the application would conflict with Policies HA1, HA4, and HA7 of the EHDP 2018, The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, and the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: SG14 1JA
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hertford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 August 2025
Consultation expiry: 12 September 2025
Last date for comments: 15 September 2025
Target decision date: 3 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Suite C 19-25 Salisbury Square Hatfield AL9 5BT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 12 September 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14188818
Documents: 26
Constraints: 11

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
Listed building: Grade II: 32, St Andrew StreetOn or next to this site · +2 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© 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.

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5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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