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Land Adjacent Sewage Pumping Station Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire

Awaiting decision North Hertfordshire 26/01224/S73 Section 73 Application

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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

Application record

Reference
26/01224/S73
Type
Section 73 Application
Status
Registered
Received
21 May 2026
Validated
21 May 2026
Ward
Arbury Ward
Parish
Bygrave Parish Council

Site history

Applications at this address on the North Hertfordshire register

This site has had 7 applications since 2025: 5 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/00313/DOC Decided

    Land Adjacent Sewage Pumping Station Ashwell Road Bygrave Hertfordshire

    Details reserved by Condition 24 (Soil Management Plan - Construction and Operational phases) of planning permission reference 22/00741/FP granted on 17.06.2024.

    Decided 6 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 10 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 10 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 10 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 10 Jul 2026 Conditions
  • 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.

    Decided 10 Jul 2026 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 21 May 2026

    Received by North Hertfordshire

  2. 24 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 16 July 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    North Hertfordshire took a median of 49 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Application: 22/00741/FP (Decided)

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

24 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with North Hertfordshire for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year North Hertfordshire decided amendment applications in a median of 28 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

About amendment applications

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