Little Orchard London Road Spellbrook Hertfordshire CM23 4BA
Refused on 26 January 2026
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)2 reasons for refusal
Proposal
Erection of single storey rear extension
- Received
- 18 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Sawbridgeworth
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated4 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Jan
- TargetTarget Date29 Jan
- DecidedDecided26 Jan
Decided in 53 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at Little Orchard London Road Spellbrook Hertfordshire CM23 4BA. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 6 days longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Sawbridgeworth. We hold 3,123 applications in total for the CM23 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 proposed development, taken together with the previous extensions, would cumulatively result in a disproportionate addition over and above the size of the original building. Therefore, the proposal would amount to inappropriate development in the Green Belt. Very special circumstances have not been identified that would clearly outweigh the harm by reason of inappropriateness. The proposal would therefore be contrary to Policy GBR1 of the East Herts District Plan (2018) and the National Planning Policy Framework (2024).
- The information for the proposal in the Flood Risk Assessment falls contrary to the submitted plans and proposal description. Therefore, it cannot be determined if the Flood Risk Assessment has accurately assessed the proposal as the information appears incorrect.
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- CM23 4BA
- Application type
- Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Sawbridgeworth Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 12 January 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 29 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- 27 Kimberley Avenue Ilford IG2 7AR
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 January 2026
Appeal history
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14495386
- Documents
- 30
- Constraints
- 11
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.
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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