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Agricultural Barn And Roadside Gault Brick Barn Ashwell Road Newnham Hertfordshire SG7 5JX

Awaiting decision North Hertfordshire 26/01942/FP Full applications

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Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.

Proposal

Change of use of parts of two existing agricultural barns to form a workshop-based vocational learning and tuition centre (Use Class F1) including external alterations to the gault brick barn including the installation of exterior cladding, brick plinth and proposed window and door and to facilitate the change of use.

As published by the council, reference 26/01942/FP

Application record

Reference
26/01942/FP
Category
Full applications
Status
Registered
Received
3 Aug 2026
Validated
3 Aug 2026
Ward
Arbury Ward
Parish
Caldecote And Newnham Parish Council
Postcode
SG7 5JX

Comment by 10 September 2026

The council is taking comments on this application until then. Comments go to North Hertfordshire through their own planning portal.

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 3 Aug 2026

    Received by North Hertfordshire

  2. 18 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 28 September 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 51 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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 full applications in a median of 65 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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