School House School Lane Offley Hertfordshire SG5 3AT
Approved on 14 May 2026
Council decision: Conditional Permission22 conditions
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Proposal
Erection of two 3- bedroom dwellings and one 1-bedroom dwelling including 5 parking spaces and alterations to existing vehicular access off School Lane.
- Received
- 12 November 2025
- Public comments
- 10
- Ward
- Offa Ward
- ReceivedReceived12 Nov
- ValidatedValidated12 Nov
- Consult.Consultation18 Dec
- TargetTarget Date20 May
- DecidedDecided14 May
Decided in 183 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at School House School Lane Offley Hertfordshire SG5 3AT. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 183 days, 19 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 69 applications across Offa Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 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
- SG5 3AT
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Offley Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 November 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 31 January 2026
- Consultation end
- 18 December 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 18 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 31 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- John Clarke
- Agent address
- unit 2 5 Drysdale Street London N1 6ND
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 127 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 13 December 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14425224
- Documents
- 26
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: North Hertfordshire
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