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Former Landfill Site Blakemore End Road Little Wymondley

17/01195/1Full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 13 October 2017

Planning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of land for gas fired electricity generating station to deliver electricity during times of peak demand of up to 49.99 MW

Received
11 May 2017
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
37
Ward
Chesfield
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target6 Jul
  5. Decided13 Oct

Decided in 155 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Former Landfill Site Blakemore End Road Little Wymondley. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 155 days, 15 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

92% of full applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wymondley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2017
Consultation expiry
10 July 2017
Consultation end
10 July 2017
Neighbour consultation end
10 July 2017
Last date for comments
10 July 2017
Target decision date
6 July 2017
Committee meeting
12 October 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
10 July 2017
Site notice end
10 July 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06040088
Documents
41

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: North 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.

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© 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.

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Source: North Hertfordshire

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