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Land At Pound Farm Bedford Road Ickleford Hertfordshire SG5 3RS

26/00558/HYAHybrid ApplicationPending Decision
Outline / PiP

Proposal

Hybrid application for a mixed-use development to provide a total of up to 230 dwellings, a residential care home (Use Class C2), an Independent Special School (ISS) and new sports pitch, with access from Bedford Road, landscaping, parking and SuDS comprising: Phase 1 Application for full planning permission for the erection of 100 dwellings, an ISS, new sports pitch and associated parking, landscaping, open space and SuDS; Phase 2 An outline application on the remaining part of the site for the erection of up to 130 dwellings, a residential care home (Use Class C2) and associated works with access from Bedford Road (all matters reserved apart from access).

Received
9 April 2026
Target decision date
9 July 2026
Public comments
2
Ward
Offa Ward
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  1. Received9 Apr
  2. Validated9 Apr
  3. Consult.3 May
  4. Target9 Jul
  5. Decided

This is a planning application for a new dwelling at Land At Pound Farm Bedford Road Ickleford Hertfordshire SG5 3RS. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,721 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. It was submitted on 9 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 75 applications across Offa Ward. We hold 1,963 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/00558/HYA
Address
Land At Pound Farm Bedford Road Ickleford Hertfordshire SG5 3RS
Postcode
SG5 3RS
Local Authority
North Hertfordshire
Application Type
Hybrid Application
Scale / Size
Large
Number of Dwellings
230
Decision Status
Undecided
Current Status
Registered
Ward
Offa Ward
Parish
Pirton Parish Council

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Miss Imogen Seth
Agent Address
51-52 St. John's Square EC1V 4JL United Kingdom

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
9 April 2026
Consultation Expiry
9 May 2026
Target Decision Date
9 July 2026
Date Validated
9 April 2026
Date Submitted
9 April 2026
Consultation End
3 May 2026
Neighbour Consultation End
9 May 2026
Last Date for Comments
9 May 2026

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement Expiry
9 May 2026
Site Notice End
9 May 2026

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14701161
Comments
2
Documents
201
Coordinates
51.971470, -0.291065
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: North Hertfordshire

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Planning constraints

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

  • 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.

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 2026-10-09. 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.

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