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32 High Street Hunsdon Hertfordshire SG12 8NT

3/26/0097/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 24 July 2026

Council decision: Refuse Consent (LBC & ADV)Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Internal reconfiguration, to install ground floor utility and WC, along with first floor ensuites

Received
26 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hunsdon
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.7 Jul
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 165 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 32 High Street Hunsdon Hertfordshire SG12 8NT. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,410 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 17 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hunsdon conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Hunsdon. We hold 1,482 applications in total for the SG12 postcode area.

84% of heritage 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 proposed works would diminish the ability to appreciate features that contribute to an understanding of the historic plan form and functionality of the building of the listed building resulting in less than substantial harm. No public benefit has been demonstrated to outweigh this harm, and no substantive evidence has been submitted to demonstrate that the works are required to secure the optimum viable use of the asset. The proposal would therefore be contrary to Policies HA1 and HA7 of the East Herts District Plan 2018, the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and Section 16 of National Planning Policy Framework 2024.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SG12 8NT
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hunsdon Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2026
Consultation expiry
12 March 2026
Last date for comments
7 July 2026
Target decision date
6 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Alsa Lodge Alsa Street Stansted Mountfitchet Essex CM24 8SX

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
12 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14652493
Documents
16
Constraints
7

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: Hunsdon
  • Listed building: Grade II: ShuttlesOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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, 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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