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Four Acres New Road Little Hadham Hertfordshire SG11 2AW

3/26/0588/FULRefused

Refused on 11 September 2026

Council decision: Refuse5 reasons for refusal

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

Proposal

Proposed single storey estate workers' accommodation unit ancillary to Four Acres, with associated landscaping and parking, following the demolition of the existing pig pen

Received
27 April 2026
Ward
Little Hadham & The Pelhams
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Sep

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Four Acres New Road Little Hadham Hertfordshire SG11 2AW. East Hertfordshire has handled 13,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days quicker than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 134 applications across Little Hadham & The Pelhams. We hold 1,242 applications in total for the SG11 postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. By reason of its location outside of a settlement and the unsustainability of the location, the proposed development fails to meet any of the permitted development types within this location and therefore, the proposed development is unacceptable in principle and fails to comply with Policy S5 and Policy HO11 of the NPPF and Policy GBR2 of the East Herts District Plan 2018.
  2. The proposed development cannot be justified for the need for a rural worker dwelling and the loss of land in use for agriculture. Therefore, the proposal fails to meet the requirements of Policies HOU5 and ED2 of the East Herts District Plan 2018. As such, the proposal fails to comply with Policy HO11 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  3. The proposed development, by way of its location, siting and impact on landscape features, would result in a harmful encroachment into the Rural Area Beyond the Green Belt, harmfully degrading the character and appearance of the rural area. The change of use to residential land and removal of landscape features would further result in the urbanisation of the land, to the detriment of the character and appearance of the countryside, contrary to Policies GBR2, DES4, HOU12 and HOU5 of the East Herts District Plan 2018 and Policy DP3 of the National Planning Policy Framework.
  4. The proposal would result in the loss of and harm to trees and landscape features at and surrounding the application site. It has not been demonstrated that harm would be avoided to retained landscape features and no justification for the high level of loss has been provided. The proposal contains insufficient information relating to arboricultural impacts and fails to comply with District Plan Policies DE3, DES4, GBR2 and NE3.
  5. The proposal would result in harm to Hatfield Forest Site of Special Scientific Interest and National Nature Reserve. The proposal is contrary to policy NE1 of the East Herts District Plan, Policy N6 of the NPPF and Section 28 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended).

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SG11 2AW
Parish
Little Hadham Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Daniel Clark

Additional information

Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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