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Waterhall Farm The Valley Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8BN

26/00349/PNRPrior Approval Class R Agric to Flex UseApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 1 April 2026

Council decision: Prior Approval Given3 conditions

Proposal

Change of use from Agricultural to flexible use (B8) Storage

Received
18 February 2026
Public comments
5
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated18 Feb
  3. Consult.14 Mar
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Waterhall Farm The Valley Whitwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8BN. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitwell conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hitchwood Ward. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.

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

Postcode
SG4 8BN
Application type
Prior Approval Class R Agric to Flex Use
Scale / size
Small
Parish
St Pauls Walden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 February 2026
Consultation expiry
21 March 2026
Consultation end
14 March 2026
Last date for comments
21 March 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mrs Dorli Newbery
Agent address
Shingle Hall Ongar Road Great Dunmow CM6 1JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Site notice end
21 March 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14690752
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Whitwell
  • 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 (20)

flood storage 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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