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35 The Forebury Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9BD

3/26/0216/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 16 October 2026

Council decision: Grant Plan Permission w Conds13 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for garage extension and conversion to 1No. Detached two storey self build dwelling with insertion of ground floor windows. Installation of air source heat pump, photovoltaic roof panels, roof light and suntunnel

Received
12 February 2026
Public comments
5 · last counted 28 October 2026
Ward
Sawbridgeworth
  1. Received12 Feb
  2. Validated24 Feb
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target21 Apr
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 234 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 35 The Forebury Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9BD. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 246 days, 26 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Sawbridgeworth conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Sawbridgeworth. We hold 1,438 applications in total for the CM21 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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Application details

Postcode
CM21 9BD
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Sawbridgeworth Town Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 February 2026
Consultation expiry
26 March 2025
Last date for comments
8 May 2026
Target decision date
21 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Architect profile
AROLAND DESIGN LTD
Agent address
3 Church Walk Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9BJ

Planning decision

Case officer
Nick Reed
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
26 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14700167
Documents
33
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Sawbridgeworth
  • Listed building: 19 Knight StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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 (21)

flood storage 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.

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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