Rooks Nest Farm Rooks Nest Lane Therfield Hertfordshire SG8 9QX
Approved on 27 April 2026
Council decision: Consent
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Proposal
Total demolition of C17 or C18 grade II listed barn following accidental partial collapse (development already carried out)
- Received
- 5 March 2026
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Ermine Ward
- ReceivedReceived5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated5 Mar
- Consult.Consultation4 Apr
- TargetTarget Date30 Apr
- DecidedDecided27 Apr
Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for demolition at Rooks Nest Farm Rooks Nest Lane Therfield Hertfordshire SG8 9QX. North Hertfordshire has handled 345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days 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 136 applications across Ermine Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.
93% of heritage 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 9QX
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Therfield Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 March 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 11 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 4 April 2026
- Last date for comments
- 11 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 30 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Lauren Whiteley
- Agent address
- 33 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Mark Simmons
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 11 April 2026
- Site notice end
- 11 April 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14752932
- Documents
- 7
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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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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