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40 High Road Stapleford Hertfordshire SG14 3NW

3/26/0050/HHHouseholderRefused

Refused on 17 April 2026

Council decision: Refuse1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Raising of ridge height, roof alterations and extensions to facilitate creation of first floor living accommodation. Construction of single storey front extension to existing garage and single storey rear extension

Received
16 January 2026
Public comments
4
Ward
Watton-at-Stone
  1. Received16 Jan
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.26 Mar
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided17 Apr

Decided in 57 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 40 High Road Stapleford Hertfordshire SG14 3NW. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 4 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across Watton-at-Stone. We hold 2,859 applications in total for the SG14 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposal represents a disproportionate addition to the dwelling by resulting in a cumulative increase in footprint, floor area and volume which is significantly more than that of the original building, and no very special circumstances have been demonstrated. The proposal would result in unacceptable harm to the essential characteristic of openness of the green belt and would therefore represent inappropriate development within the Green Belt. As such the proposal fails to comply with policy GBR1 of the East Herts District Plan 2018 and Section 13 of the NPPF.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SG14 3NW
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stapleford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Last date for comments
26 March 2026
Target decision date
16 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
120 Dixons Hill Road Hertfordshire Welham Green AL9 7DN

Planning decision

Case officer
Robert Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14629885
Documents
20
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: East Hertfordshire
  • Brownfield land register: 17 High Road, Stapleford, Hertford, SG14 3NWRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© 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.

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Source: East Hertfordshire

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