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

3/26/0445/FULFull ApplicationAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Demolition of vacant greenhouses and storage/office buildings. Construction of three padel courts, including installation of glass and wire mesh enclosures, associated hardsurfacing and twelve lighting columns, together with an 18 hole adventure golf course

Received
30 March 2026
Decision due
11 June 2026
Public comments
3 · last counted 14 November 2026
Ward
Hertford Rural
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated16 Apr
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target11 Jun
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Riverside Garden Centre Lower Hatfield Road Bayford Hertfordshire SG13 8XX. East Hertfordshire has handled 7,264 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 March 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. 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.

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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Application details

Postcode
SG13 8XX
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Bayford Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 April 2026
Consultation expiry
22 May 2026
Last date for comments
10 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Westgate House 37-41 Castle Street Hertford SG14 1HH
Applicant company

Pulse Padel Group Ltd

Company number 15691195

Status
Active
Type
Private limited company
Incorporated
29 Apr 2024 (2 years old)
Nature of business
Operation of sports facilities
Registered office
West Malling
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Company information from Companies House.

Planning decision

Case officer
Howard Cheng
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
22 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14816532
Documents
23
Constraints
21

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.

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© 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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