Planning application
26/01224/S73
Land Adjacent Sewage Pumping Station Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire
Proposal
Variation of Condition number 26 (CTMP) (as amended by information received 16 July 2026): vary the number of daily articulated lorry visits and the permitted hours of construction vehicle movements, of planning permission reference 22/00741/FP granted on 17.06.2024 for: Ground mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) farm including battery energy storage; continued agricultural use, ancillary infrastructure, security fencing, landscaping provision, ecological enhancements and associated works (as amended by information received 29 January 2024).
As published by the council, reference 26/01224/S73
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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21 May 2026
Received by North Hertfordshire
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24 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development. Extensions of time are common.
What happens while it is decided
The process from here
This application is with North Hertfordshire for determination. The council publicises it, consults neighbours and technical bodies where required, and weighs the responses against local and national planning policy.
The statutory target is eight weeks for most applications and thirteen for major development, though extensions of time are common. Comments carry most weight while the case is undecided, so check the council portal for the deadline if you want to respond.
About amendments applications
How this application type works
An amendment application changes a permission that already exists. Non-material amendments cover small adjustments with no wider effect, while minor material amendments, usually made by varying a condition, allow modest design changes without a fresh application. Anything beyond that needs a new permission, so the scope here is deliberately narrow.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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26/00313/DOC Awaiting decision
Land Adjacent Sewage Pumping Station Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire
Details reserved by Condition 24 (Soil Management Plan) of planning permission reference 22/00741/FP granted on 17.06.2024.
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25/02780/DOC Granted
Land Adjacent Sewage Pumping Station Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire
Details reserved by Condition 12 (Landscaping Scheme) of planning permission reference 22/00741/FP granted on 17.06.2024.
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25/02782/DOC Granted
Land Adjacent Sewage Pumping Station Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire
Details reserved by Condition 32 (Revised Mitigation and Enhancement Plan) of planning permission reference 22/00741/FP granted on 17.06.2024.
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25/02711/DOC Granted
Land Adjacent Sewage Pumping Station Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire
Details reserved by Condition 10 (Species and habitat protection measures) of planning permission reference 22/00741/FP granted on 17.06.2024.
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25/02781/DOC Granted
Land Adjacent Sewage Pumping Station Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire
Details reserved by Condition 14 (Arboricultural method statement) of planning permission reference 22/00741/FP granted on 17.06.2024.
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25/02778/DOC Granted
Land Adjacent Sewage Pumping Station Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire
Details reserved by Condition 11 (LEMP and Mitigation Plan) of planning permission reference 22/00741/FP granted on 17.06.2024.
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In North Hertfordshire
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26/01732/NMA Decided
1 Kingswood Avenue Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0PB
1. Amendment to the fenestration to the rear elevation of the rear extension. Omission of one window and widening of double doors, with the addition of glazed side panels. 2. Showing on Side Elevation D-D the new obscure glazed window to the new en-suite. The window was shown on the first floor plan (as non-material amendment to planning permission reference 26/00347/FPH granted on 25.03.2026).
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26/01664/NMA Decided
5 Westbury Farm Close Offley Hertfordshire SG5 3FL
Addition of flue pipe to serve log burner and re-positioned window (end elevation C) (as Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 25/02069/FPH granted 17.10.2025)
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26/01811/NMA Awaiting decision
Glebe Lodge Pirton Road Holwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3SS
Alterations to workshop fenestration (as non-material amendment to planning permission reference 24/00466/FPH granted on 09.04.2024).
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26/01057/NMA Decided
The Old Granary Church End Barley Royston Hertfordshire SG8 8JW
Remove part of rear roof light and introduce a smaller roof light within a new section of zinc roof (as Non-Material Amendment to application 18/02096/FPH granted 25.10.2018)
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26/01784/NMA Awaiting decision
Land On The South West Side Of Barkway Road Royston Hertfordshire SG8 9DF
To add a sentence to a number of conditions to allow a minor start on site to implement the planning approval by adding the words: " ...other than the excavation and concreting of the foundations to the pair of garages serving plots 9 and 10 or demolition of the existing workshops in the vicinity of plots 1 and 2 on plan numbers HAN/BAR21/01E and HAN/BAR21/02A ...." to Condition numbers: 3 External Materials, 4 hard and soft landscaping, 8 Biodiversity Management Plan, 13, Foul water/ sewerage, 14 Construction traffic management plan (only a days work for a mini digger and one visit by a grab lorry and one by a cement mixer), 15 Construction management plan (as 14), 19 WSI - attached - is a watching brief possible on this small excavation, 22 No contamination has been found - reports deposited with original application. The site is located on chalk very close to the surface resulting in a shallow dig (as non-material amendment to planning permission reference 21/02957/FP granted on 22.05.2023).