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Gates Of Hertford Gascoyne Way Hertford Hertfordshire SG13 8EL

3/25/1978/FULApproved

Approved on 14 August 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w Conds

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

Proposal

Change of use from Class E(a) retail to flexible Class E (Commercial, Business and Service)

Received
18 December 2025
Ward
Hertford Castle
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided14 Aug

Decided in 212 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Gates Of Hertford Gascoyne Way Hertford Hertfordshire SG13 8EL. East Hertfordshire has handled 13,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 212 days, 21 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 108 applications across Hertford Castle. We hold 390 applications in total for the SG13 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SG13 8EL
Parish
Hertford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Target decision date
14 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Nick Reed

Additional information

Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Hertford
  • 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, 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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