East Hall School East Hall Farm St Pauls Walden Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8DL
Approved on 10 September 2026
Council decision: Conditional Permission1 condition
Proposal
Change of use of former agricultural building to special educational needs school (Use Class D1). Installation of access ramps and associated parking (development already carried out) (revision of previously approved planning permission 25/02022/FP granted 22.10.2025)
- Received
- 29 June 2026
- Ward
- Hitchwood Ward
- ReceivedReceived29 Jun
- ValidatedValidated29 Jun
- Consult.Consultation25 Jul
- TargetTarget Date24 Aug
- DecidedDecided10 Sep
Decided in 73 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at East Hall School East Hall Farm St Pauls Walden Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8DL. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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
- SG4 8DL
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- St Pauls Walden Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 June 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 2 August 2026
- Consultation end
- 25 July 2026
- Neighbour consultation end
- 1 August 2026
- Last date for comments
- 2 August 2026
- Target decision date
- 24 August 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Mrs Dorli Newbery
- Agent address
- Shingle Hall Ongar Road Great Dunmow CM6 1JB
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Melissa Tyler
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 1 August 2026
- Site notice end
- 2 August 2026
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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