Planning committees across Hertfordshire are busy as ever, with plenty of applications and appeals coming through.

We've compiled a list of just some of the applications that are currently pending or have been approved in our areas.

Here are some that might have gone under the radar.

1. Home plans for Hertfordshire village's last pub

The last pub in a North Hertfordshire village could be closed and turned into a family home.

The Plough, in King's Walden, is run by Admiral Taverns and the company told the parish council in July that they intended to sell the pub.

Now, a planning application has been submitted to North Herts Council to turn the tavern into a house.

Royston Crow: The Plough.The Plough. (Image: Dean Elcome)

But villagers are fighting back, with almost 150 people already lodging objections with the council and more than 650 people joining a Facebook group devoted to saving the pub.

The pub is listed as an Asset of Community Value, which means that local groups are given a period of time in which to register their own interest in buying the property.

A company, Ley Green Community Assets, has been created to buy and run the pub on behalf of the community. The company has the financial backing of a local landowner and hopes to purchase and maintain the pub, with profits poured back into the asset.

2. Stevenage homes could be demolished

A planning application has been submitted to receive prior approval for the demolition of 41 homes in Stevenage.

Royston Crow: Hobbs Court.Hobbs Court. (Image: Newsquest)

The homes, at Hobbs Court, were part of a sheltered housing scheme for older people and there are plans for them to be replaced with a similar scheme.

Earlier this year, Stevenage Borough Council put the contract for demolition and clearance works out to tender for a value of £175,000.

If the planning application is approved, the demolition work is expected to begin in February 2024 and to last for around 10 weeks.

3. Welwyn Garden City fish and chip shop plans

Plans have been submitted to turn a former Welwyn Garden City Post Office into a new takeaway restaurant.

Royston Crow: The Handside Post Office closed in 2019.The Handside Post Office closed in 2019. (Image: Google Maps)

The plans, submitted by Grieg Hutchinson, would see the old Handside Post Office in Marsden Road become a fish and chip shop.

The unit became vacant when the Post Office moved into the Nisa store in nearby Handside Lane in April 2019.

4. Pub car park development approved

Plans to build four new homes in the car park of a village pub near Welwyn Garden City have been approved following a council meeting.

Royston Crow: Long Arm Short Arm.Long Arm Short Arm. (Image: Google Maps)

At a meeting earlier this month, Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council's Development Management Committee voted 8-2 in favour of pushing through the application, which will see homes built next to the Long Arm Short Arm pub in Lemsford.

The application, submitted by Griggs Homes, was called in by James Broach, Labour councillor for Hatfield Villages, who raised a number of concerns about the development, including natural light and access to the site.

Despite the application by Griggs Home stating the public house itself would remain untouched by the development and that it could be reopened at a later date.

5. EV charging hub plans

Plans have been submitted to demolish a bungalow and build an electric vehicle charging centre near Hatfield.

The proposal, made by Motor Fuel Group, would see a bungalow and car wash, off Bell Bar's Woodside Lane and the Great North Road, knocked down, making way for an EV charging hub, with a canopy, three jet wash bays, sub-station enclosure, plant room.

Royston Crow: The proposed location of the Bell Bar EV charging hub.The proposed location of the Bell Bar EV charging hub. (Image: Google Maps)

The proposal also includes plans to change a vehicle workshop to an EV testing facility with associated forecourt works.

"Motor Fuel Group is the UK's largest independent forecourt operator with over 900 sites offering a dual- fuel strategy, convenient retail and food to go," the application reads.

"The aspiration of Motor Fuel Group is to provide access to convenient and affordable charging, regardless of where the driver lives.

"The Bell Bar Service Station, located on the Great North Road provides an excellent location to provide these new and essential facilities."

6. Golf course plans

An 18-hole golf course between St Albans and Hemel Hempstead could see 10 additional holes added.

Plans for the Centurion Club, on Hemel Hempstead Road, were submitted to St Albans City & District Council's planning committee on Friday, November 17.

Nine holes would be included in a new 27-hole main layout, with one hole added to an existing hole to form an academy course.

Royston Crow: Ian Poulter playing at the Centurion Club on day one of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational and LIV Golf London event.Ian Poulter playing at the Centurion Club on day one of the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational and LIV Golf London event. (Image: Steven Paston/PA Wire/PA Images)

No "built developments" are included in the plans, meaning that it would constitute "not inappropriate" Green Belt development, according to a planning statement attached to the application.

The land that would be used is heavily wooded, with over 1,800 trees present.

7. Letchworth substation plans

A planning application has been submitted to build a new substation in Letchworth.

The proposal, submitted by Wheatley Group Developments Ltd, would see the substation built in a small car park outside Camfield House in Avenue One.

As part of the plans, four existing car parking spaces would remain, but others would be removed to provide access to the site, and another would become parking for the electric facility.

Royston Crow: The planned location of the substation.The planned location of the substation. (Image: Google Maps)