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The Garden House 7 Stockings Lane Little Berkhamsted Hertfordshire SG13 8LW

3/26/0277/HHHouseholderRefused

Refused on 15 May 2026

Council decision: Refuse5 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Retrospective installation of 2 no. oil tanks and boiler, hardstanding and additional landscaping

Received
2 March 2026
Public comments
6
Ward
Hertford Rural
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.17 Apr
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 74 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Garden House 7 Stockings Lane Little Berkhamsted Hertfordshire SG13 8LW. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 11 days longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Little Berkhamsted conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 116 applications across Hertford Rural. We hold 390 applications in total for the SG13 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 would represent inappropriate development within the Green Belt and would result in further harm through loss of openness. No very special circumstances have been demonstrated to outweigh this harm. The proposed development is contrary to Policy GBR1 of the East Herts District Plan 2018 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  2. The development by reason of its siting and landscaping results in less than substantial harm to the character and appearance of the Little Berkhamsted Conservation Area, and detracts from the the setting of the non-designated heritage assets, and the Historic Park and Garden. No public benefit has been identified to outweigh this harm. The proposal is contrary to Policies HA1, HA2, HA4, DES2, DES3, DES4 and HOU11 of the East Herts District Plan 2018, the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  3. Insufficient information has been submitted with regards to noise data in line with the most appropriate British Standard, BS4142:2014+A1:2019, and the impact of the boiler on neighbouring amenity cannot be fully assessed. In addition, no information relating to odour mitigation has been submitted. The proposal is detrimental to neighbouring amenity, contrary to Policy DES4 and EQ2 of the East Herts District Plan 2018 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  4. Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposed development has not impacted the root protection area or crowns of the trees in the Little Berkhamsted Conservation Area and those protected by Tree Preservation Order no.8 (8-W28), contrary to Policy DES3 of the East Herts District Plan 2018 and the National Planning Policy Framework.
  5. In the absence of adequate details regarding secondary containment and leak prevention, the Local Planning Authority cannot be satisfied that the development accords with the requirements of the National Planning Policy Framework in respect of pollution prevention and land contamination. The proposal would fail to comply with Policy EQ1 of the East Herts District Plan 2018 and the National Planning Policy Framework.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SG13 8LW
Application type
Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Little Berkhamsted Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026
Consultation expiry
13 April 2026
Last date for comments
17 April 2026
Target decision date
27 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Highway House Lower Froyle GU34 4NB

Planning decision

Case officer
Madeleine Moore
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
13 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14736322
Documents
17
Constraints
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Little Berkhamsted
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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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