Land At Birchall Lane Cole Green Hertfordshire
Proposal
County Council application, to be determined by HCC: amendments to and expansion of existing inert waste recycling site, including a 1,875sq.m extension to the existing workshop, the provision of a concrete batching plant, a mobile asphalt plant and the provision of additional areas of hardstanding, with associated landscaping and supporting infrastructure.
- Received
- 23 January 2026
- Decided
- 16 February 2026 · No Comment Made to CC, CM apps
- Decision level
- County Council
- Ward
- Hertford Rural
- ReceivedSubmitted23 Jan
- ValidatedValidated23 Jan
- Consult.Consultation11 Feb
- TargetTarget Date13 Feb
- DecidedDecided16 Feb
Decided in 24 days (council typically 63)
This is an outline application for an extension at Land At Birchall Lane Cole Green Hertfordshire. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type and approves 75% of them, typically deciding them in 53 days. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than East Hertfordshire's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across Hertford Rural.
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- Green belt: East Hertfordshire
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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