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Land West Of South Lodge Farm Rowney Priory Dane End Hertfordshire SG12 0JZ

3/26/0122/FULFull ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 13 July 2026

Council decision: Refuse5 reasons for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of 1no. self build and custom eco dwelling

Received
30 January 2026
Public comments
3
Ward
The Mundens
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.13 May
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided13 Jul

Decided in 150 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land West Of South Lodge Farm Rowney Priory Dane End Hertfordshire SG12 0JZ. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 14 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 75 applications across The Mundens. We hold 1,482 applications in total for the SG12 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 proposed development is not considered to be sustainably located and would not accord with the overarching spatial strategy for the District. The proposal fails to comply with policy DPS2 of the District Plan.
  2. The proposal does not comply with any of the exceptions under Policy GBR2 of the District Plan. The proposal fails to maintain the Rural Area Beyond the Green Belt as a valued countryside resource contrary to policy GBR2 of the District Plan.
  3. The proposal introduces a large contemporary dwellinghouse with expansive driveway and area of hardstanding that results in a harmful urbanising effect that will appear incongruous with the rural character of the surrounding area. The large driveway within the garden of South Lodge Farm appears incongruous with the soft landscape features of the setting of the host dwelling. The proposal fails to maintain the character and appearance, rural character, nor respects the character of the site and surrounding area, in terms of its siting, scale and design. The proposal fails policies GBR2 and DES4 of the District Plan.
  4. The bin store is located approximately 100m (as the crow flies) from the public highway, and it would not be feasible for a bin lorry to access the site to collect bins. It is unrealistic that future occupiers would be able to move bins from the front of the property to the collection point on Whitehill. The proposal fails to comply with policy DES4(e) of the District Plan.
  5. The proposed hardstanding is noted as being located within the RPA of trees on the site. The constraints in relation to the proposed driveway, between Whitehill and the dwelling REFULZ APPLICATION NUMBER – 3/26/0122/FUL have not been submitted with the application, therefore, insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposal would not result in any unacceptable negative impact on existing trees contrary to policy DES3 of the District Plan.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SG12 0JZ
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Munden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2026
Last date for comments
13 May 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Alsa Lodge Alsa Street Stansted CM24 8SX

Planning decision

Case officer
Robert Jones
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14645851
Documents
19
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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