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50 Bell Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AN

3/25/1452/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 16 January 2026

Council decision: Grant Consent w Conds (LBC & ADV)Delegated (officer decision)2 conditions

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

Proposal

Addition of 6no. PV solar panels onto the flat roof to improve the energy efficiency of 50 Bell Street.

Received
8 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Sawbridgeworth
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated8 Sep
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target3 Nov
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 130 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a solar installation at 50 Bell Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AN. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,410 applications of this type. This one was decided in 130 days, 10 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Sawbridgeworth conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Sawbridgeworth. We hold 1,438 applications in total for the CM21 postcode area.

84% of heritage 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
CM21 9AN
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sawbridgeworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 September 2025
Consultation expiry
16 October 2025
Last date for comments
16 October 2025
Target decision date
3 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
1A King Street Saffron Walden CB10 1HE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
16 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14309725
Documents
13
Constraints
10

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: Sawbridgeworth
  • Listed building: Grade II: 24, Bell StreetOn or next to this site · +1 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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    8 Sep

    Addition of 6no. PV solar panels onto the flat roof to improve the energy efficiency of 50 Bell Street.

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent3/25/1452/LBC
  2. 2025
    5 Sep

    Addition of 6no. PV solar panels onto the flat roof to improve the energy efficiency.

    ApprovedFull ApplicationFiled alongside3/25/1451/FUL

Source: East Hertfordshire

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