Land At Former Merchant Taylors School Mill Street Ashwell Hertfordshire

26/00760/FPFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision

Full

Proposal

Erection of two detached residential dwellings including alterations to access, parking, detached garages, landscaping, amenity space and installation of Air Source Heat Pumps and refuse/cycle storage.

Received: 14 April 2026
Decision due: 9 June 2026
Public comments: 7 · last counted 7 October 2026
Council: North Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Arbury Ward

ReceivedReceived14 Apr
ValidatedValidated14 Apr
Consult.Consultation8 May
TargetTarget Date9 Jun
DecidedDecided

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About this application

This is a full planning application at Land At Former Merchant Taylors School Mill Street Ashwell Hertfordshire. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 14 April 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Ashwell conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 106 applications across Arbury Ward.

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

Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small
Parish: Ashwell Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 April 2026
Consultation expiry: 16 May 2026
Consultation end: 8 May 2026
Neighbour consultation end: 15 May 2026
Last date for comments: 16 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Mr Matt Brewer
Agent address: 5 Duncombe Close Hertford SG14 3DB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 16 May 2026
Site notice end: 15 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14751372
Documents: 35

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: Ashwell
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.

© 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.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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