Planning application
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Approval of reserved matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for the erection of 140 residential dwellings with associated landscaping, highways, drainage, public open space and ancillary infrastructure pursuant to outline planning permission reference 25/02234/S73 granted 03.12.2025
As published by the council, reference 25/03149/RM
Application record
- Reference
- 25/03149/RM
- Type
- Reserved Matters
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Conditional Approval of Details
- Received
- 12 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 12 Dec 2025
- Decided
- 13 May 2026
- Ward
- Ermine Ward
- Parish
- Barkway Parish Council
- Decision by
- Planning Control Committee
Site history
Applications at this address on the North Hertfordshire register
This site has had 12 applications since 2024: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02063/DOC Awaiting decision
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Details Reserved by Condition 6: (Ecological Enhancement Plan (EEP)) of Reserved Matters 25/03149/RM granted 13.5.2026
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26/01282/DOC Granted
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Details reserved by condition 8 (Details of Materials) of Reserved Matters application 25/03149/RM granted 13.05.2026.
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26/01139/DOC Granted
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Details reserved by Condition 26 (Fire hydrants) of section 73 application reference 25/02234/S73 granted on 03.12.2025.
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26/01123/DOC Awaiting decision
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Details reserved by condition 22 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) of planning permission reference 25/02234/S73 granted 03.12.2025.
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26/01146/NMA Decided
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Changes to wording of condition 17 (as Non-Material Amendment to application reference 25/02234/S73 granted 03.12.2025)
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26/01120/DOC Awaiting decision
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Details reserved by condition 10 (Sewage Treatment Upgrades) of planning permission reference 25/02234/S73 granted 03.12.2025.
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26/00980/S106 Awaiting decision
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Application for the discharge of Planning Obligation under S106 of the TCPA 1990 - Affordable Housing Plan with respect to S106 agreement pursuant to 18/01502/OP
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26/00916/DOC Awaiting decision
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Details reserved by condition 21 (Surface Water Drainage Scheme) of planning permission reference no 25/02234/S73 granted 03.12.2025.
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26/00457/NMA Decided
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Non-material amendment to planning permission reference 25/02234/S73 (granted 24.01.2026) to vary the wording of Condition 20 to remove reference to application reference number 24/02396/DOC and substitute with reference to an updated Construction Traffic Management Plan and associated appendices.
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24/02835/DOC Awaiting decision
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Details reserved by Conditon 16 (Reinstatement of verge/footway) of outline planning permission 18/01502/OP granted on 23.02.2023.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Dec 2025
Received by North Hertfordshire
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13 May 2026
Decision issued: Conditional Approval of Details
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
2 later applications on the register refer to this one:
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26/02063/DOC Awaiting decision
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Details Reserved by Condition 6: (Ecological Enhancement Plan (EEP)) of Reserved Matters 25/03149/RM granted 13.5.2026
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26/01282/DOC Granted
Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Details reserved by condition 8 (Details of Materials) of Reserved Matters application 25/03149/RM granted 13.05.2026.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
114 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
North Hertfordshire granted permission on 13 May 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 reserved matters applications
A reserved matters application fills in the detail held back from an earlier outline permission, judged against that permission rather than the principle of development. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Land Between Royston Road And Cambridge Road Barkway Hertfordshire
Details reserved by Condition 26 (Fire hydrants) of section 73 application reference 25/02234/S73 granted on 03.12.2025.
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