A detailed planning consent has been granted for a detached eco-house, close to the town centre and within the conservation area. The dwelling has a sedum roof, providing a high degree of insulation and constant temperatures throughout the year. Other features include rainwater harvesting, an air-source heat pump, passive solar collection, low-voltage lighting and heat recovery ventilation. The house itself is spacious with a gross internal area of approximately 1400sq.ft. and is on two levels. The lower-ground floor has a vestibule, two bedrooms, a recreation room/utility room or office space, with views onto the private walled garden and a bathroom and an ensuite shower room. The upper-ground floor has an entrance lobby, living room, kitchen and dining area with Velux roof lights. Outside is the garden and patio with pergola to the rear and the parking area and small garden to the front. The outside walls will be of stone, brickwork and render with green weatherboarding. Oak-frame windows and timber doors will complete the construction. An architect has drawn- up a more traditional three- bedroom design which can be provided as part of the package, but which would need to gain approval if required.

The plot is approximately 350sq.m. and there is a level change across the plot of around 4m. The boundary to the east has a retaining wall and there is a post and wire fence to the north and west. The new house will sit easily within the site and any excavated soil can be retained for infilling garden landscaping. There is an existing access leading to the plot and the plot will allow for on-site parking directly from the road. The plot will also have a small front garden and a rear garden and patio. In this elevated location, views will be afforded across the western side of Hertford.

Hertford is a market town in the east Hertfordshire countryside but is just 20 miles north of central London. The town centre still has a medieval layout with many timber-framed buildings and holds both a weekly market and also a farmers market every other Saturday. As well as numerous independent shops there are a great many restaurants, pubs and clubs in the area. Major supermarkets include Sainsburys and Tesco as well as M & S. There is a theatre, cinema and art gallery in the town centre and many sporting amenities including a leisure centre, swimming pool, tennis courts and bowling green. Football, rugby and cricket clubs, as well as fishing and canoeing are also available. A large employer in the town is the County Council, County Hall is in Hertford. Countryside surrounds the town, including The Meads Nature Reserve. Cole Green Way which is suitable for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders is a former railway-line pathway that runs to Welwyn Garden City. The Grade 11 Listed Panshanger Park is also here, with 200 acres of land open to the public. Two railway stations provide regular services to London. Hertford East to Liverpool Street and Hertford North to Moorgate. Nearby road connections include the A1, M1 and M25. Local primary schools are either rated as Good or Outstanding by Ofsted and the secondary schools of Richard Hale and Simon Balle are again rated as Good and Outstanding respectively. Independent education is offered at Duncombe School and Haileybury and Imperial College.

The plot has access to all main services. We would advise interested parties to make their own enquiries with regard to services prior to exchange of contracts.