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The Riverside Garden Centre Lower Hatfield Road Bayford Hertfordshire SG13 8XX

3/26/0299/CLPOCL Proposed OperationsRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 12 June 2026

Council decision: CL Proposed Refuse

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of part of the unit from class E(a) -Display/sale of goods other than hot food to class E(e)- Medical or health services and associated works

Received
4 March 2026
Ward
Hertford Rural
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 100 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at The Riverside Garden Centre Lower Hatfield Road Bayford Hertfordshire SG13 8XX. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 5 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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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Application details

Postcode
SG13 8XX
Application type
CL Proposed Operations
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bayford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 March 2026
Target decision date
29 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Madeleine Moore
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14744374
Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: East Hertfordshire

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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