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Sparrow Farm Newgate Street Village Hertford SG13 8QR

6/2017/0503/PN10Class Q - AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLINGHOUSES - PRIOR APPROVALApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 20 June 2017

Council decision: Prior Approval Required and GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Prior approval for the change of use of an agricultural building (C3 Class Q) to a dwellinghouse and associated development

Received
10 March 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Northaw and Cuffley
  1. Received10 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.19 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 92 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a change of use at Sparrow Farm Newgate Street Village Hertford SG13 8QR. Welwyn Hatfield has handled 516 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 7 weeks longer than Welwyn Hatfield's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 98 applications across Northaw and Cuffley. We hold 390 applications in total for the SG13 postcode area.

73% of outline applications at Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG13 8QR
Application type
Class Q - AGRICULTURAL TO DWELLINGHOUSES - PRIOR APPROVAL
Parish
Hatfield

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2017
Consultation expiry
19 April 2017
Consultation end
19 April 2017
Neighbour consultation end
19 April 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent address
John Ormond House 899 Silbury Boulevard Milton Keynes MK9 3XJ

Publicity

Site notice end
19 April 2017

Additional information

UPRN
10091065677

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Green belt: Welwyn Hatfield+1 more

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

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

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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Welwyn Hatfield

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