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Land Adjacent To The River Beane Hertford Hertfordshire

3/25/2031/FULFull ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 12 May 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w Conds15 conditions

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

Proposal

Construction of 1 x self-build 4-bed dwelling with 3 x parking spaces, EV charge point, ground source heat pump, photovoltaic panels, a green roof, waste and bike storage, landscaping and drainage

Received
29 December 2025
Public comments
14
Ward
Hertford Bengeo
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated28 Jan
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 104 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Land Adjacent To The River Beane Hertford Hertfordshire. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 10 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 135 applications across Hertford Bengeo.

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

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hertford Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 January 2026
Consultation expiry
26 February 2026
Last date for comments
26 March 2026
Target decision date
25 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Michael Allen
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14591100
Documents
65
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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.

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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