Land At Cromer Hyde Farm Marford Road Lemsford Hertfordshire Al8 7Xd

5/2023/0048Neighbouring Local Authority ConsultationApproved

Outline / PiP

Approved

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Consultation Only - Change of use from agricultural (class R) to outdoor sport and recreation class F2 (C) and construction of polo facility with the installation of three pitches and creation of viewing mound

Received: 9 January 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: St Albans City and District Council

ReceivedReceived9 Jan
ValidatedValidated9 Jan
Consult.Consultation1 Feb
TargetTarget Date1 Feb
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Land At Cromer Hyde Farm Marford Road Lemsford Hertfordshire Al8 7Xd. St Albans has handled 912 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 January 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,408 applications in total for the AL8 postcode area.

71% of outline applications at St Albans City and District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: AL8 7XD
Application type: Neighbouring Local Authority Consultation
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 January 2023
Consultation expiry: 1 February 2023
Consultation end: 1 February 2023
Application expires: 29 January 2023

Planning decision

Decision: No objection
Statutory period: 23 days

Additional information

Documents: 29

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Green belt: Welwyn Hatfield
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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: St Albans

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