New housing in East Hertfordshire District Council
We read East Hertfordshire District Council's planning register every day. We hold 25,375 of its planning applications going back to 2011, and 95 of those made in the last 12 months are for new homes.
It delivered 102% of the homes it needed in the 2025 Housing Delivery Test.
Key facts
- Local Plan
- Not recorded yet.
- Five-year housing land supply
- Not recorded yet.
- Housing Delivery Test
- 102% (2025)
- Local Plan sites we hold
- None loaded yet.
- Planning applications we hold
- 25,375
Applications for new homes, by year
Applications we have identified as being for new homes, by the year they were made. Approved and refused count those decided so far.
| Year | Applications | Approved | Refused |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 75 | 16 | 12 |
| 2025 | 113 | 61 | 34 |
| 2024 | 96 | 48 | 37 |
| 2023 | 129 | 55 | 59 |
| 2022 | 111 | 64 | 37 |
| 2021 | 131 | 56 | 62 |
The largest housing schemes of the last three years
| Homes | Site | Status | Made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 600 | Land North Of A507, West Of A10 Buntingford Outline planning application for development of up to 600 dwellings (C3), elderly accommodation (C3), Mixed Use Local Centre (including flexible use E, F and Sui Generis), First School, informal and formal open space… 3/24/0966/OUT | Refused | 28 May 2024 |
| 600 | Land West Of Buntingford North Of The A507 Baldock Road Buntingford Hertfordshire Request for a screen opinion under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 - Residential develpment (up to 600 dwellings) and associated uses 3/23/2350/SCREEN | At appeal | 5 Dec 2023 |
| 276 | Gilston Area Village 7 Church Lane Hunsdon Hertfordshire Application for approval of reserved matters (access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for part of Gilston Village 7 (known as Phase 1b) for 276 residential units (Class C3); public realm; and associated… 3/25/0876/REM | Approved | 4 Jul 2025 |
| 220 | Land North Of High Street Stanstead St Margarets Hertfordshire Request for Screening Opinion for the development of up to 220 dwellings (Use Class C3) with associated access roads and provision of open spaces. This will include a mix of small dwellings and larger family homes. The… 3/25/1981/SCREEN | Approved | 11 Dec 2025 |
| 214 | Land North Of Hare Street Road Buntingford Hertfordshire Submission of details of access, appearance, landscaping, layout and scale for construction of 214 residential units, provision of public open space, ecological areas, pedestrian/cycle/vehicular networks, pedestrian… 3/26/0217/REM | Approved | 23 Feb 2026 |
| 200 | Land South Of Wychford Drive Sawbridgeworth Hertfordshire Outline planning application (including details of access) for erection of up to 200 dwellings with public open space, landscaping, sustainable urban drainage system (SuDs) and the principal means of vehicular access… 3/26/1471/OUT | At appeal | 14 Oct 2026 |
| 161 | Parcels R And T1 Land At Bishop's Stortford North Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire Reserved matters application relating to the Layout, Scale, Appearance and Landscaping for approval of 161 dwellings with associated infrastructure within parcels R and T1 - in relation to a variation of outline… 3/24/1142/REM | Approved | 25 Jun 2024 |
| 160 | Parcels B & C Bishops Stortford North Bishops Stortford CM23 1JL Reserved matters application relating to the appearance, landscaping, layout and scale of 160 dwellings and associated works in relation to Sites B & C of the Eastern Neighbourhood following approval of 3/22/0214/VAR… 3/24/0735/REM | Approved | 24 Apr 2024 |
| 95 | Land To The East Of High Road High Cross Hertfordshire SG11 1BE Outline planning application, with all matters reserved except for means of access, for C3 residential development (up to 95 dwellings) and associated landscaping, open space, pedestrian and cycle linkages, internal… 3/24/0091/OUT | At appeal | 22 Jan 2024 |
| 46 | Little Dolan's Field Bromley Lane Much Hadham SG10 6HQ Outline planning application for the erection of up to 46 dwellings, including 40% affordable housing, with associated landscaping, parking, drainage and infrastructure, with all matters reserved except for access. 3/25/1304/OUT | At appeal | 6 Aug 2025 |
Towns and villages
See every field round the edge of a town or village, scored for how likely it is to be built on.
- Aspenden
- Aston (East Hertfordshire)
- Bayford
- Benington
- Birch Green
- Bishop's Stortford
- Braughing
- Brickendon
- Buntingford
- Bury Green
- Cottered
- Dane End
- Datchworth
- Great Amwell
- Great Hormead
- Hadham Cross
- Hertford
- Hertford Heath
- High Cross
- Hunsdon
- Letty Green
- Little Berkhamsted
- Little Hadham
- Old Hall Green
- Perry Green
- Puckeridge and Standon
- Sawbridgeworth
- South-end
- Spellbrook
- Stanstead Abbotts
- Tewin
- Tewin Wood
- Thundridge and Wadesmill
- Walkern
- Ware
- Watton at Stone
- Wellpond Green
- Widford
Where this comes from
- Planning applications: East Hertfordshire District Council's online planning register, last read 14 Nov 2026.
- Housing Delivery Test: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
- How fields are scored: how the score works.