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East Hertfordshire

In the last 12 months, 87.4% of householder applications were approved in East Hertfordshire (253 decided). A typical householder decision takes about eleven weeks (median 76 days).

Full planning applications: 72.4% approved (123 decided).

Across all application types on record (2023-02-23–2026-07-02): 84.2% of 4,226 decisions approved.

5,165Total applications
3,558Approved
668Refused
297Withdrawn
639Pending
84.2%Approval rate (all types)
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Decision Level
5,164.
By Development Category
CategoryTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Householder 1,421 1,154 267
81.2%
Discharge of Conditions 942 904 38
96.0%
Full Planning Application 571 399 172
69.9%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) 377 319 58
84.6%
Listed Building Consent 299 298 1
99.7%
Variation/Removal of Conditions (S73) 126 118 8
93.7%
Non-Material Amendment (S96a) 120 99 21
82.5%
Prior Approval (Other) 72 54 18
75.0%
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) 55 38 17
69.1%
Prior Approval (Class Q — Agricultural to Residential) 52 31 21
59.6%
Advertisement Consent 51 51 0
100.0%
Householder (Prior Approval) 41 32 9
78.0%
Prior Approval (Class AA — Upward Extension) 21 13 8
61.9%
Outline Planning 15 2 13
13.3%
Prior Approval (Class MA — Commercial to Residential) 12 6 6
50.0%
Consultation with County Planning 12 12 0
100.0%
Environmental Impact Assessment (Screening/Scoping) 9 9 0
100.0%
Permission in Principle 9 3 6
33.3%
Change of Use 6 6 0
100.0%
Telecommunications 6 2 4
33.3%
Reserved Matters 5 5 0
100.0%
Electricity Form B Application 3 2 1
66.7%
Uncategorised 1 1 0
100.0%
Quarterly Trend
QuarterDecidedApprovedApproval rate
2023-Q3 342 262
76.6%
2023-Q4 364 311
85.4%
2024-Q1 418 339
81.1%
2024-Q2 447 368
82.3%
2024-Q3 421 358
85.0%
2024-Q4 466 397
85.2%
2025-Q1 429 380
88.6%
2025-Q2 318 259
81.4%
2025-Q3 210 176
83.8%
2025-Q4 288 244
84.7%
2026-Q1 304 277
91.1%
2026-Q2 101 90
89.1%
2026-Q3 2 1
50.0%
By Ward
WardTotalApprovedRefusedApproval rate
Buntingford 288 232 56
80.6%
Bishop's Stortford North 261 230 31
88.1%
Hertford Castle 260 236 24
90.8%
Sawbridgeworth 251 204 47
81.3%
Aston, Datchworth & Walkern 231 190 41
82.3%
Hertford Bengeo 228 191 37
83.8%
Little Hadham & The Pelhams 225 174 51
77.3%
Braughing & Standon 221 192 29
86.9%
Hertford Rural 213 157 56
73.7%
Much Hadham 195 163 32
83.6%
Ware Priory 168 152 16
90.5%
The Mundens 147 120 27
81.6%
Planning guides

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