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Church End Classified Road C15 North From Ginns Road To Pump Hill Stocking Pelham Hertfordshire SG9 0HT

3/25/1835/FULFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 6 July 2026

Council decision: Refuse3 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Construction of two self-build and custom-build dwellings with garages, installation of air source heat pumps, and associated landscaping and works, creation of new vehicle access

Received
25 November 2025
Public comments
10
Ward
Little Hadham & The Pelhams
  1. Received25 Nov
  2. Validated4 Dec
  3. Consult.26 Feb
  4. Target29 Jan
  5. Decided6 Jul

Decided in 214 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Church End Classified Road C15 North From Ginns Road To Pump Hill Stocking Pelham Hertfordshire SG9 0HT. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 223 days, 23 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Little Hadham & The Pelhams. We hold 1,660 applications in total for the SG9 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

  1. By reason of its layout and design, the proposal would domesticate the appearance of the site and result in an incursion into the countryside, causing harm to the local landscape character, the fragmentation of the pastoral field pattern, and the loss of established landscape features. There would be an adverse effect on the character and appearance of the site and the surrounding Rural Area Beyond the Green Belt. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies GBR2, DES2, DES3, DES4, HOU12 and NE3 of the East Herts District Plan 2018 and the National Planning Policy Framework 2024.
  2. In the absence of a completed and enforceable legal agreement securing the development as self-build housing, the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the proposal would qualify for the self-build exemption from the statutory biodiversity net gain requirements. Accordingly, the development is subject to the requirement to deliver a minimum 10% biodiversity net gain pursuant to Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as inserted by Schedule 14 of the Environment Act 2021). In the absence of existing and proposed habitat plans and completed biodiversity metric calculations, the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the proposed development would achieve the required biodiversity net gain. The proposal therefore fails to comply with Schedule 7A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and Policy NE3 of the East Herts District Plan 2018.
  3. In the absence of an up-to-date ecological survey covering the full application site, the Council cannot be satisfied that the proposal would not harm protected species or biodiversity, or that any net gains could be appropriately secured. The proposal is therefore considered contrary to policy NE3 of the District Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SG9 0HT
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stocking Pelham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 December 2025
Consultation expiry
6 January 2026
Last date for comments
26 February 2026
Target decision date
29 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Alsa Lodge Alsa Street Stansted CM24 8SX

Planning decision

Case officer
Janna Hon
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14507779
Documents
27
Constraints
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Listed building: Barn at Stocking Pelham HallOn or next to this site
  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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