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Barn At Poplar Farm Adj 55 Tatlers Lane Aston End Stevenage SG2 7HL

3/25/1869/ARPNPN Agricultural to ResidentialApproved
Prior approval

Approved on 19 January 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Req/Grant with ConditionsDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval application (Part 3, Class Q) for change of use and conversion of existing agricultural barn to create 1 x 3-bed dwelling and associated operational development

Received
1 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Aston, Datchworth & Walkern
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.12 Jan
  4. Target19 Jan
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 49 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Barn At Poplar Farm Adj 55 Tatlers Lane Aston End Stevenage SG2 7HL. East Hertfordshire has handled 68 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days, 2 weeks quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Aston, Datchworth & Walkern. We hold 1,264 applications in total for the SG2 postcode area.

83% of all 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
SG2 7HL
Application type
PN Agricultural to Residential
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Aston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2025
Consultation expiry
6 January 2026
Last date for comments
12 January 2026
Target decision date
19 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Manor Cottage The Street Brundish Suffolk IP13 8BL

Planning decision

Case officer
Madeleine Moore
Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14523461
Documents
27
Constraints
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: East HertfordshirePart of the 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 (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

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© 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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