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44 Walkern Road Benington Hertfordshire SG2 7LP

3/26/1022/CLEOApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 26 October 2026

Council decision: CL Existing Grant

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

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for continuous use of barn for B8 storage

Received
21 July 2026
Public comments
1 · last counted 2 November 2026
Ward
Aston, Datchworth & Walkern
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided26 Oct

Decided in 97 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 44 Walkern Road Benington Hertfordshire SG2 7LP. East Hertfordshire has handled 13,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 5 weeks longer than East Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Benington conservation area, with 1 listed building 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.

Application details

Postcode
SG2 7LP
Parish
Beninigton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Robert Jones

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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