West Lane Farm West Lane Pirton Hertfordshire SG5 3QP
Approved on 16 June 2026
Council decision: Conditional Permission3 conditions
Proposal
Change of use from Cart Lodge to car storage (garage) for personal use in association with Prairie Barn including installation of roller-shutter doors and insertion of side door.
- Received
- 7 April 2026
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Offa Ward
- ReceivedReceived7 Apr
- ValidatedValidated7 Apr
- Consult.Consultation15 May
- TargetTarget Date2 Jun
- DecidedDecided16 Jun
Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a garage at West Lane Farm West Lane Pirton Hertfordshire SG5 3QP. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications 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 3QP
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Pirton Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 April 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 23 May 2026
- Consultation end
- 15 May 2026
- Last date for comments
- 23 May 2026
- Target decision date
- 2 June 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Mr Paul Lewis
- Architect profile
- ALTHAM LEWIS ARCHITECTS LIMITED
- Agent address
- 11 Avenue Road Sutton sm26je United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Harriet Sanders
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 23 May 2026
- Site notice end
- 22 May 2026
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14830855
- Documents
- 14
Site 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 2026-11-03. 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.
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202615 Jun
Details Reserved by Condition 1 (Biodiversity Gain Plan) of planning permission 25/00461/FP
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01425/DOC - 202514 Mar
Replacement entrance gates and formation of permeable concrete bell mouth entrance way off Holwell Road, with…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission25/00461/FP
Source: North Hertfordshire
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