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Old Forge House 255 - 257 Hertingfordbury Road Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 2LB

3/25/1625/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 15 December 2025

Council decision: Grant Consent w Conds (LBC & ADV)Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions

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

Proposal

Removal of paint from exposed timber ceiling joists, beams and post on the ground and first floor

Received
15 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Hertford Castle
  1. Received15 Oct
  2. Validated15 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Dec
  4. Target10 Dec
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 61 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Old Forge House 255 - 257 Hertingfordbury Road Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 2LB. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,410 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days. The site is in the Hertingfordbury conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Hertford Castle. We hold 2,859 applications in total for the SG14 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
SG14 2LB
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hertford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 October 2025
Consultation expiry
11 December 2025
Last date for comments
12 December 2025
Target decision date
10 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Mill Walk Wheathampstead AL4 8DT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
11 December 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14332880
Documents
9
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.

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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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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