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2-4 Bircherley Green Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1BN

3/26/0370/FULFull ApplicationPermitted
Full

Proposal

Use of part Unit 5 and Units 6 and 7 as a 24-hour gym (Class E)

Received
17 March 2026
Decided
22 July 2026 · Grant Plan Permission w Conds
Public comments
32
Ward
Hertford Castle
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated31 Mar
  3. Consult.16 Jul
  4. Target23 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 113 days (council typically 63)

9 weeks typical decision time in East Hertfordshire80% of full applications approved

This is a full planning application at 2-4 Bircherley Green Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1BN. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,265 applications of this type and approves 78% of them, typically deciding them in 59 days. This one was decided in 127 days, 10 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's median. The site is in the Hertford conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Hertford Castle. We hold 2,834 applications in total for the SG14 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
3/26/0370/FUL
Address
2-4 Bircherley Green Hertford Hertfordshire SG14 1BN
Postcode
SG14 1BN
Local Authority
East Hertfordshire
Application Type
Full Application
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Decided
Ward
Hertford Castle
Parish
Hertford Town Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address
Low Cowrigg Raughton Head Carlisle CA5 7DU

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
17 March 2026
Consultation Expiry
30 April 2026
Target Decision Date
23 July 2026
Date Decided
22 July 2026
Date Validated
31 March 2026
Date Submitted
17 March 2026
Last Date for Comments
16 July 2026

Planning Decision

Decision
Grant Plan Permission w Conds
Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry
30 April 2026

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14772461
Comments
32
Documents
46
Constraints
13
Coordinates
51.797260, -0.076890
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: East Hertfordshire

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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    11 Sep

    Discharge of Condition 4 (Noise Management Plan) attached to 3/26/0370/FUL

    PendingDischarge of conditionsX/26/0394/CND
  2. 2026
    17 Mar

    Use of part Unit 5 and Units 6 and 7 as a 24-hour gym (Class E)

    This applicationApprovedFull3/26/0370/FUL

Planning constraints

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

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, 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

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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