Planning application
The Old Rectory Gilston Lane Gilston Hertfordshire CM20 2RF
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Certificate of Lawfulness for a change of use of the first floor accommodation, known as the Annex, above the existing garage, as a self-contained dwellinghouse (C3).
As published by the council, reference 3/26/0409/CLEO
Application record
- Reference
- 3/26/0409/CLEO
- Type
- CL Existing Operations
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- CL Existing Grant
- Received
- 23 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 2 Apr 2026
- Decided
- 16 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Hunsdon
- Parish
- Gilston Parish Council
- Decision by
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- Postcode
- CM20 2RF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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23 Mar 2026
Received by East Hertfordshire
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2 Apr 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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16 Jul 2026
Decision issued: CL Existing Grant
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23 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Application: 3/24/0068/FUL (Decided)
- Application: 3/25/1522/FUL (Decided)
- Application: 3/98/0422/FP (Decided)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
- CL OPERATIONS EXISTING APPROVAL
- STATUTORY DECLARATION - RAVINDER CHOPRA
- STATUTORY DECLARATION - CLARE BEATTIE
- STATUTORY DECLARATION - PETER WARRILOW
- STATUTORY DECLARATION - LEE VENABLES
- PLANNING ENFORCEMENT - 23/4/26
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- LOCATION PLAN
- FLOOR AND ROOF PLANS
- ELEVATIONS
- PLANNING STATEMENT
- STATEMENT OF TRUTH
- STATEMENT OF TRUTH
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
East Hertfordshire granted permission on 16 July 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About amendment applications
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