Mentley Farm Mentley Lane West Puckeridge Hertfordshire SG11 1TW

3/25/1918/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 16 February 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)6 conditions

Proposal

Change of use of agricultural building to Class B8 storage or distribution marking out of vehicular parking spaces and all ancillary works including erection of cycle shelter

Received: 11 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 4
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Braughing & Standon

ReceivedReceived11 Dec
ValidatedValidated11 Dec
Consult.Consultation11 Feb
TargetTarget Date5 Feb
DecidedDecided16 Feb

Decided in 67 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Mentley Farm Mentley Lane West Puckeridge Hertfordshire SG11 1TW. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 4 days longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 102 applications across Braughing & Standon. We hold 1,242 applications in total for the SG11 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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Application details

Postcode: SG11 1TW
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Standon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 December 2025
Consultation expiry: 13 January 2026
Last date for comments: 11 February 2026
Target decision date: 5 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant
Agent: Weldon Beesly
Agent address: The Old Dairy Barn Offley Hoo, Hoo Lane Great Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3ED

Planning decision

Case officer: Daniel Clark
Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 13 January 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14335540
Documents: 21
Constraints: 8

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: Grade II: Farmhouse at Mentley FarmOn 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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.

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.

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Source: East Hertfordshire

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