Planning application
Darlings Of Chelsea Gascoyne Way Hertford Hertfordshire
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of commercial unity as an advanced computing, artificial intelligence and digital technology research and development facility within Class E(g)(ii)
As published by the council, reference 3/26/1460/CLPO
Application record
- Reference
- 3/26/1460/CLPO
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 13 Oct 2026
- Validated
- 19 Oct 2026
- Ward
- Hertford Castle
- Parish
- Hertford Town Council
- Decision by
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Site history
Applications at this address on the East Hertfordshire register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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3/26/1461/VAR Awaiting decision
Darlings Of Chelsea Gascoyne Way Hertford Hertfordshire
Variation of condition 10 (Hours of use) pursuant to planning permission (3/25/1978/FUL/Dated 14/08/2026) for (Change of use from Class E(a) retail to flexible Class E (Commercial, Business and Service)). The variation seeks for the computing equipment and the building services that serve it to operate at all times, while the activities that affect neighbours, namely staff attendance, visitors, deliveries, servicing, maintenance and testing of plant, remain restricted to the existing hours, save for a single security officer on duty within the building
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Oct 2026
Received by East Hertfordshire
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19 Oct 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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21 Oct 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 14 December 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
East Hertfordshire took a median of 77 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
- EXISTING SITE & FLOOR PLANS
- PROPOSED SITE & FLOOR PLANS
- EXISTING SITE & FLOOR PLANS
- APPLICATION FORM - WITHOUT PERSONAL DATA
- DECISION NOTICE 3/25/1978/FUL
- COVERING LETTER
- GATES OF HERTFORD OPERATIONAL USE SPECIFICATION
- CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS SUPPORTING STATEMENT
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with East Hertfordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year East Hertfordshire's median decision took 77 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About this record
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