Land Adjacent 2 And 3 Wells Cottages Smiths End Lane Barley Hertfordshire SG8 8LJ
Proposal
Change of use of 2 two-storey commercial units to No.2 residential dwellings and erection of bike sheds (development has commenced).
- Received
- 28 January 2026
- Decision due
- 25 March 2026
- Public comments
- 1 · last counted 21 October 2026
- Ward
- Ermine Ward
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation12 Mar
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Land Adjacent 2 And 3 Wells Cottages Smiths End Lane Barley Hertfordshire SG8 8LJ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 January 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Barley conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 136 applications across Ermine Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.
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
- Postcode
- SG8 8LJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Barley Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 12 March 2026
- Consultation end
- 12 March 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 March 2026
- Last date for comments
- 12 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Jack Millar
- Agent address
- Ceres Rural Council Offices London Road Saffron Walden CB11 4ER United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 7 March 2026
- Site notice end
- 4 March 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14167856
- Documents
- 18
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Barley
- 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, 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: North Hertfordshire
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