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The Old Rectory Gilston Lane Gilston Hertfordshire CM20 2RF

3/26/0409/CLEOCL Existing OperationsApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 16 July 2026

Council decision: CL Existing Grant

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for a change of use of the annex to a dwellinghouse (Class C3)

Received
23 March 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Hunsdon
  1. Received23 Mar
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.20 Apr
  4. Target28 May
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 105 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at The Old Rectory Gilston Lane Gilston Hertfordshire CM20 2RF. East Hertfordshire has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 7 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 63 applications across Hunsdon. We hold 252 applications in total for the CM20 postcode area.

69% of amendment 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
CM20 2RF
Application type
CL Existing Operations
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Gilston Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026
Last date for comments
20 April 2026
Target decision date
28 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
56 Rowntree Way Safforn Walden CB11 4DL

Planning decision

Case officer
Janna Hon
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14803605
Documents
8
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 2026-11-03. 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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