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39 Station Road Watton At Stone Hertfordshire SG14 3SH

3/26/0163/PNHHPrior Notification HouseholderRefused
Householder

Refused on 18 March 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Notification of proposed single storey rear extension mirroring existing partial width extension; 4.4m depth, 6.25m width, 3.7m height, 2.4m eaves height at boundary line

Received
6 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Watton-at-Stone
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated6 Feb
  3. Consult.5 Mar
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided18 Mar

Decided in 40 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a single storey rear extension at 39 Station Road Watton At Stone Hertfordshire SG14 3SH. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 3 weeks quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

79% of outline 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 development proposed does not accord with limitations: e (i), (ii); i; j (i), (ii), (iii); and ja set out in Schedule 2, Part 1, Class A of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended). Therefore, prior approval is recommended for refusal.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SG14 3SH
Application type
Prior Notification Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Watton-at-Stone Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 February 2026
Last date for comments
5 March 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
The Old Granary Green End Dane End Ware SG12 0NX

Planning decision

Case officer
.
Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14682758
Documents
6
Constraints
4

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

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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