32 High Street Hunsdon Hertfordshire SG12 8NT

3/25/1534/HHHouseholderRefused

Refused on 28 November 2025

Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Single storey rear extension and internal alterations

Received: 24 September 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Hunsdon

ReceivedReceived24 Sep
ValidatedValidated8 Oct
Consult.Consultation13 Nov
TargetTarget Date3 Dec
DecidedDecided28 Nov

Decided in 51 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 32 High Street Hunsdon Hertfordshire SG12 8NT. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days. The site is in the Hunsdon conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Hunsdon. 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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Why it was refused

The proposal would result in less than substantial harm to the significance of the application building which is Grade II listed, resulting in the loss of historic fabric, features, and internal and external visual legibility of the historic form and phasing of the building. No clear and convincing justification has been submitted and no public benefit has been identified to outweigh the harm. In addition, the proposal is not considered to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Conservation Area. The proposal would be contrary to Policies HA1, HA4, HA7, DES4, HOU11 and VILL1 of the East Herts District Plan 2018, policy HHD6 of the of the Adopted Hunsdon Neighbourhood Plan, section 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework and The Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.
Insufficient information has been submitted to fully assess the archaeological impact of the proposal contrary to Policy HA3 of the East Herts District Plan 2018 and section 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode: SG12 8NT
Application type: Householder
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Hunsdon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 13 November 2025
Last date for comments: 13 November 2025
Target decision date: 3 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Alsa Lodge Alsa Street Stansted Mountfitchet Essex CM24 8SX

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 13 November 2025

Appeal history

6004253

Dismissed

Type: Householder (HAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 July 2026Dev Type: Householder developmentsReason: refused

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14348056
Documents: 12
Constraints: 6

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Hunsdon
Listed building: Grade II: ShuttlesOn 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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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.

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3 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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