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40 High Street Stanstead Abbotts Hertfordshire SG12 8AG

3/25/1493/FULFull ApplicationWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 27 November 2025

Council decision: Application Withdrawn by Applicant/AgentDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from restaurant premises class E (b) to two x 1 bedroom self-contained flats; external alterations and all ancillary works.

Received
16 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Great Amwell & Stansteads
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated23 Sep
  3. Consult.27 Nov
  4. Target18 Nov
  5. Decided27 Nov

Decided in 65 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 40 High Street Stanstead Abbotts Hertfordshire SG12 8AG. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 72 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Stanstead Abbotts conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 55 applications across Great Amwell & Stansteads. We hold 1,482 applications in total for the SG12 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
SG12 8AG
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stanstead Abbotts Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 September 2025
Consultation expiry
23 October 2025
Last date for comments
27 November 2025
Target decision date
18 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old Dairy Barn Offley Hoo Hoo Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3ED

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14049800
Documents
28
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Stanstead Abbotts

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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