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Highbury Farm Classified Road C14 Between Mentley Lane And Mount Leycroft Access Wood End Ardeley Hertfordshire SG2 7BD

3/26/0580/AGPNPrior Notification AgriculturalApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 June 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval not Required3 conditions

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

Proposal

Prior approval for groundworks to existing farmyard. The groundworks to include concreting of existing farm yard, adding in underground drainage pipework and above ground water harvesting tank

Received
24 April 2026
Ward
The Mundens
  1. Received24 Apr
  2. Validated24 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 May
  5. Decided3 Jun

Decided in 40 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an outline application at Highbury Farm Classified Road C14 Between Mentley Lane And Mount Leycroft Access Wood End Ardeley Hertfordshire SG2 7BD. East Hertfordshire has handled 1,009 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 3 weeks quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Wood End conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across The Mundens. We hold 1,264 applications in total for the SG2 postcode area.

79% of outline 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 7BD
Application type
Prior Notification Agricultural
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Ardeley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 April 2026
Target decision date
21 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Madeleine Moore
Statutory period
27 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14876901
Comments
0
Documents
3
Constraints
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Wood End
  • 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.

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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