Land North Of Hare Street Road Buntingford Hertfordshire

3/26/0217/REMApproval of Reserved MattersPermitted

Discharge / amendments

Proposal

Submission of details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for construction of 214 residential units, provision of public open space, ecological areas, pedestrian/cycle/vehicular networks, pedestrian access to The Causeway and associated drainage/SuDs infrastructure pursuant to outline planning permission 3/24/0294/OUT

Received: 17 February 2026
Decided: 29 June 2026 · Grant Plan Permission
Public comments: 20
Council: East Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Buntingford

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

ReceivedSubmitted17 Feb
ValidatedValidated23 Feb
Consult.Consultation4 Jun
TargetTarget Date25 May
DecidedDecided29 Jun

Decided in 126 days (council typically 63)

9 weeks typical decision time in East Hertfordshire79% of outline applications approved

This is an outline application at Land North Of Hare Street Road Buntingford 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 132 days, 11 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's median. There have been 19 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Buntingford.

Application Details

Reference

3/26/0217/REM

Address

Land North Of Hare Street Road Buntingford Hertfordshire

Local Authority

East Hertfordshire

Application Type

Approval of Reserved Matters

Scale / Size

Large

Number of Dwellings

214

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Awaiting decision

Ward

Buntingford

Parish

Buntingford Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address

One Temple Quay Temple Back East Bristol BS1 6DZ

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

17 February 2026

Consultation Expiry

26 March 2026

Target Decision Date

25 May 2026

Date Decided

29 June 2026

Date Validated

23 February 2026

Date Submitted

17 February 2026

Last Date for Comments

4 June 2026

Planning Decision

Decision

Grant Plan Permission

Case Officer

Steve Fraser-Lim

Statutory Period

91 days

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry

26 March 2026

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID

PP-14435110

Comments

Documents

121

Constraints

Coordinates

51.946426, -0.008696

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Hertfordshire

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Associated applications

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Discharge of Condition 11 (Public Right of Way Tie-In) attached to 3/26/0217/REM
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Discharge of Condition 4 (Materials) attached to 3/26/0217/REM
PendingDischarge of conditionsX/26/0348/CND
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Submission of details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for construction of 214…
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Planning history at this site

15 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

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