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Planning application documents: what to read first
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East Hertfordshire District Council
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for East Hertfordshire District Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,114Searchable applications
404Recorded as pending
77%Approval rate · 516 approved or refused records
117Refused applications
399 approved · 117 refused · 52 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Nov 2022 to 11 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 16 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and BuildingLocal plan Planning PolicyPre-application advice Pre-application ServiceConservation areas Conservation Areas
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas42 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasNo boundary records available in this collection
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
More application records
- Decided3/26/0090/FUL
Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of a 3 bedroom dwelling with air source heat pump, cycle storage, associated parking and landscaping.
11 Sandle Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5HY
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided3/26/0091/PIP
Construction of a new dwelling
Land East Of Gelders Conduit Lane Great Hormead Hertfordshire SG9 0NU
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Awaiting decision3/26/0092/FUL
Construction of a single storey sixth form teaching block, hard and soft landscaping and associated works
Avanti Grange Secondary School Newland Avenue Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 2BD
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided3/26/0097/LBC
Internal reconfiguration, to install ground floor utility and WC, along with first floor ensuites
32 High Street Hunsdon Hertfordshire SG12 8NT
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided3/26/0113/FUL
Battery energy storage facility and all associated works
Land To The East Of Cambridge Road And North Of Standon Hill Puckeridge Hertfordshire SG11 1DQ
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided3/26/0122/FUL
Erection of 1no. self build and custom eco dwelling
Land West Of South Lodge Farm Rowney Priory Dane End Hertfordshire SG12 0JZ
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided3/26/0126/FUL
Single storey lean-to extension to side of grain store
Grainstore Chaldean Estates Land South Of Bromley Lane SG10 6HU
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided3/26/0141/VAR
Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings), 3 (materials), 4 (detailed design drawings) and 5 (sustainable construction) attached to planning permission 3/21/1505/FUL (for Change of use of existing garage / annexe to create 1 dwelling. Raising of roof height. Part single storey, part two storey side and rear extensions, insertion of front dormers and front porch) - amendments allow minor changes to fenestration and submission of details for approval for conditions 3, 4 and 5)
Land Adjacent To Thorley Wash Cottage Thorley Street Thorley Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 4AS
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided3/26/0169/HH
Repair and replacement works to roof, brick plinths, windows, doors, cills and lintels; replacement guttering and downpipes; upgrading of insulation to existing dwelling and installation of mechanical vent outlet
Joscelyns 16 Knight Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AT
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Decided3/26/0170/LBC
Repair and replacement works to roof, brick plinths, windows, doors, cills and lintels; replacement guttering and downpipes; upgrading of insulation both externally and internally to existing dwelling and installation of mechanical vent outlet
Joscelyns 16 Knight Street Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire CM21 9AT
Received 9 Feb 2026 - DecidedX/26/0059/CND
Discharge of conditions 13 (Waste Collection Arrangements), 17 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) and 21 (Biodiversity Net Gain Plan) attached to 3/23/1378/FUL
Woodlands Lodge Dunmow Road Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire CM23 5QX
Received 9 Feb 2026 - Decided3/26/0177/HH
Erection of a new single-storey rear extension, a first floor storey side extension, formation of new dormer window, replacement windows and external doors, insertion of rooflights, and associated works including improvements to side access
7 River Green Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 9ES
Received 9 Feb 2026 - UnknownX/26/0061/CND
Part Discharge of Conditions 31 (Tree and Hedge Protection Measures:), attached to 3/19/1051/FUL.
Eastern Stort Crossing Eastwick Road Eastwick Hertfordshire
Received 10 Feb 2026 - UnknownX/26/0062/CND
Application for approval of details reserved by condition 12 (tree/hedge protection) pursuant to planning approval 3/19/0118/OUT
Land East Of Stevenage (EOS1) Gresley Way Stevenage Hertfordshire
Received 10 Feb 2026 - Decided3/26/0185/FUL
Demolition of existing house and erection of two detached 5 bedroomed dwellings with integral garages and a new vehicle access
53 Walton Road Ware Hertfordshire SG12 9PF
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Decided3/26/0207/OUT
Outline planning permission (including details of access, layout and scale) for construction of 2 x 3-bed serviced self-build dwellings with parking and associated works (with details of appearance and landscaping reserved)
Land Adjacent To Manorview 21 High Street Walkern Hertfordshire
Received 13 Feb 2026 - Decided3/26/0210/FUL
Conversion of outbuilding into detached dwelling, alterations to openings and fenestration, creation of new vehicular access way, fencing and landscaping
Land South Of Rose Cottage Elbow Lane Hertford Heath Hertfordshire
Received 16 Feb 2026 - DecidedX/26/0074/CND
Discharge of condition 11 (Contamination) attached to 3/23/1390/FUL (allowed on appeal APP/J1915/W/24/3353714)
Land Off London Road Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 9JN
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided3/26/0217/REM
Submission of details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for construction of 214 residential units, provision of public open space, ecological areas, pedestrian/cycle/vehicular networks, pedestrian access to The Causeway and associated drainage/SuDs infrastructure pursuant to outline planning permission 3/24/0294/OUT
Land North Of Hare Street Road Buntingford Hertfordshire
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided3/26/0218/FUL
Proposed fencing and minor landscaping works to the eastern edge of Terrace Field, along College Road
Haileybury And Imperial Service College College Road Hertford Heath Hertfordshire SG13 7NU
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn3/26/0237/HH
Reinstate and restore the roof tiles on the roof slope, installation of membrane and new timber battens, re-point ridge tiles; and replace central parapet gutter
Dane Bridge House Great Hadham Road Much Hadham Hertfordshire SG10 6JB
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn3/26/0238/LBC
Reinstate and restore the roof tiles on the roof slope, installation of membrane and new timber battens, re-point ridge tiles; and replace central parapet gutter
Dane Bridge House Great Hadham Road Much Hadham Hertfordshire SG10 6JB
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision3/26/0240/FUL
Conversion and extension of pool house to single self-build and custom dwelling with the installation of air-source heat pump, solar panels and rooflights, fenestration alteration.
Hollybush The Street Furneux Pelham Hertfordshire SG9 0JZ
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided3/26/0241/LBC
Listed Building Consent for structural repairs and increase in height of existing chimneys, replace various ground and first floor softwood and double-glazed windows with hardwood double-glazed units, remove concrete render and replace it with woodfibre board and lime render, remove redundant electricity meter cupboard from front wall and install solar panels on the garden outbuilding roof and in roof panels on the garage roof
Rosemary Cottage Baldock Road Cottered Hertfordshire SG9 9PS
Received 23 Feb 2026
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for East Hertfordshire District Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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