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Agricultural Barn Clementsbury Brickendon Lane Brickendon Hertfordshire SG13 8FG

3/26/0558/ARPNPN Agricultural to ResidentialRefused
Prior approval

Refused on 16 July 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and Refused1 reason for refusal

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

Proposal

Prior approval application (Part 3, Class Q) for change of use and conversion of existing agricultural barn to create 1 x 2-bed dwelling and associated operational development including formation of new front wall and addition of roof lights

Received
22 April 2026
Ward
Hertford Heath & Brickendon
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated22 Apr
  3. Consult.22 May
  4. Target10 Jun
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 85 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Agricultural Barn Clementsbury Brickendon Lane Brickendon Hertfordshire SG13 8FG. East Hertfordshire has handled 68 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 3 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 59 applications across Hertford Heath & Brickendon. We hold 390 applications in total for the SG13 postcode area.

83% of all 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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Why it was refused

  1. Insufficient information has been submitted to satisfy the assumption that the building is or was part of an established agricultural unit. As such, the building cannot be reasonably considered to be part of an agricultural unit or a former agricultural building that was (but is no longer) part of an established agricultural unit, and would therefore not benefit from the rights of Class Q. The development would also be directly contrary to Criteria Q.1 (a) due to the site not being part of an established agricultural unit and Q.1 (b) of this class due to the building and surrounding land being used for a non-agricultural purpose.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SG13 8FG
Application type
PN Agricultural to Residential
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Brickendon Liberty Parish Council

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Suite A 19 - 25 Salisbury Square Old Hatfield Hertfordshire AL9 5BT

Planning decision

Case officer
.
Statutory period
49 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
22 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14757184
Comments
0
Documents
8
Constraints
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Listed building: Main Group of Brick Farm Buildings at Clements FarmOn or next to this site
  • Green belt: East Hertfordshire
  • 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, 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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