Lower Farm House Throcking Buntingford SG9 9RW
Approved on 16 July 2026
Council decision: Prior Approval Req/Grant with Conditions4 conditions
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Proposal
Prior approval application (Part 3, Class Q) for change of use and conversion of agricultural building to one dwelling, with rear extension and alterations
- Received
- 7 May 2026
- Ward
- Buntingford
- Agent
- Intouch Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived7 May
- ValidatedValidated7 May
- Consult.Consultation12 Jun
- TargetTarget Date25 Jun
- DecidedDecided16 Jul
Decided in 70 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is a planning application for a rear extension at Lower Farm House Throcking Buntingford SG9 9RW. East Hertfordshire has handled 68 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 days longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 148 applications across Buntingford. We hold 1,660 applications in total for the SG9 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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Application details
- Postcode
- SG9 9RW
- Application type
- PN Agricultural to Residential
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Cottered Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 12 June 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Intouch Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- 4 Ennismore Close Letchworth Garden City SG6 2SU United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- .
- Statutory period
- 49 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 June 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Source: East Hertfordshire
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