44 Walkern Road Benington Hertfordshire SG2 7LP
Refused on 3 June 2026
Council decision: CL Existing Refuse
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Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for continuous use of land and stable building for B8 storage
- Received
- 9 April 2026
- Ward
- Aston, Datchworth & Walkern
- ReceivedReceived9 Apr
- ValidatedValidated9 Apr
- Consult.Consultation8 May
- TargetTarget Date4 Jun
- DecidedDecided3 Jun
Decided in 55 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 44 Walkern Road Benington Hertfordshire SG2 7LP. East Hertfordshire has handled 454 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 8 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Benington conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 110 applications across Aston, Datchworth & Walkern. We hold 1,264 applications in total for the SG2 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
- SG2 7LP
- Application type
- CL Existing Operations
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Beninigton Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 8 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 4 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent address
- 33 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Robert Jones
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Benington
- Listed building: No name for this EntryOn or next to this site
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: East Hertfordshire
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