Thorpe House 19 High Street Puckeridge Hertfordshire SG11 1RN

3/25/1937/FULFull ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w CondsDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Partial change of use from Class E (commercial) to Class C3 (residential) to form ancillary residential accommodation to serve Thorpe House, new tile vent, new chimney stack opening (partial retrospective).

Received: 15 December 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Braughing & Standon

ReceivedReceived15 Dec
ValidatedValidated5 Jan
Consult.Consultation12 Mar
TargetTarget Date2 Mar
DecidedDecided20 Mar

Decided in 74 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Thorpe House 19 High Street Puckeridge Hertfordshire SG11 1RN. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 5 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Puckeridge conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 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 1RN
Application type: Full Application
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Standon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 5 February 2026
Last date for comments: 12 March 2026
Target decision date: 2 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant: Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer: Janna Hon
Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 5 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14557496
Documents: 24
Constraints: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site
Conservation area: Puckeridge
Listed building: Grade II*: Thorpe HouseOn this site · +7 more

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 (20)

flood storage 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.

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: East Hertfordshire

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