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Templewood High Wych Road High Wych Hertfordshire CM21 0HX

3/26/0228/HHHouseholderRefused

Refused on 13 May 2026

Council decision: Refuse2 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Two storey front porch extension, raising of ridge height to form bedrooms in the roof space including 3No. dormers to front elevation and alteration to fenestration

Received
18 February 2026
Ward
Much Hadham
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.23 Apr
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided13 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a porch at Templewood High Wych Road High Wych Hertfordshire CM21 0HX. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 3 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Much Hadham. 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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Why it was refused

  1. The proposed development, taken together with the previous extensions, would cumulatively result in disproportionate additions over and above the size of the original building. Therefore, the proposal would amount to inappropriate development in the Green Belt. The proposal would also result in further harm by loss of openness. Very special circumstances have not been identified that would clearly outweigh the harm by reason of inappropriateness, and other harm. The proposed development would therefore be contrary to Policy GBR1 of the East Herts District Plan 2018, and Section 13 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The proposed roof, by reasons of its design, would add an incongruous addition to the host property. The proposal would fail to achieve a high standard of design and would be out of keeping with the character and appearance of the application dwelling and the local area, contrary to Policies DES4 and HOU11 of the East Herts District Plan 2018.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
CM21 0HX
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
High Wych Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2026
Consultation expiry
20 April 2026
Last date for comments
23 April 2026
Target decision date
13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
16 Hadley Grange Church Langley Harlow Essex CM17 9PQ

Planning decision

Case officer
Ted Mead
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
20 April 2026

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Green belt: East Hertfordshire
  • 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, 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.

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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