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Hedgehog Grove Solar Farm

25/01091/ADJAdjoining Authorities ConsultationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 9 May 2025

Council decision: No Objection

Proposal

EIA Scoping Notification and Consultation

Received
23 April 2025
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 May
  5. Decided9 May

Decided in 16 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Hedgehog Grove Solar Farm. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 5 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

86% of outline 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
Adjoining Authorities Consultation
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2025
Target decision date
14 May 2025
Decision issued
12 May 2025
Permission expires
12 May 2030

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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.

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: North Hertfordshire

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