Barn At Poplar Farm Adj 55 Tatlers Lane Aston End Stevenage SG2 7HL
Refused on 20 October 2025
Council decision: Prior Approval Required and RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal
Proposal
Change of use of agricultural barn to 1 dwellinghouse with associated building operations
- Received
- 1 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Aston, Datchworth & Walkern
- ReceivedReceived1 Sep
- ValidatedValidated1 Sep
- Consult.Consultation13 Oct
- TargetTarget Date20 Oct
- DecidedDecided20 Oct
Decided in 49 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a planning application for a change of use at Barn At Poplar Farm Adj 55 Tatlers Lane Aston End Stevenage SG2 7HL. East Hertfordshire has handled 68 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Aston, Datchworth & Walkern. We hold 1,264 applications in total for the SG2 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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Why it was refused
- By reason of the land level changes around the building amounting to engineering operations which fall outside of the Prior Approval process and the building operations proposed which fail to comply with Q.1 (j). The proposal would fail to comply with Schedule 2, Part 3, Class Q of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) (GPDO).
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- SG2 7HL
- Application type
- PN Agricultural to Residential
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Aston Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 1 September 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 2 October 2025
- Last date for comments
- 13 October 2025
- Target decision date
- 20 October 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Manor Cottage The Street Brundish Suffolk IP13 8BL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 October 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14198609
- Documents
- 26
- Constraints
- 2
Site constraints
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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: East Hertfordshire
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