Planning application
Agricultural Barn And Roadside Gault Brick Barn Ashwell Road Newnham Hertfordshire SG7 5JX
Works: Windows or glazing
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
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3 Aug 2026
Received by North Hertfordshire
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18 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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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
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