2 Higham Cottages, Higham Road, Higham Gobion, Hitchin, SG5 3HN
Proposal
Full: Single storey rear extension
- Received
- 14 June 2010
- Decided
- 22 July 2010 · Full Application - Granted
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire Council
- ReceivedSubmitted14 Jun
- ValidatedValidated14 Jun
- Consult.Consultation15 Jul
- TargetTarget Date9 Aug
- DecidedDecided22 Jul
Decided in 38 days (council typically 56)
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 2 Higham Cottages, Higham Road, Higham Gobion, Hitchin, SG5 3HN. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,604 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 60 days. This one was decided in 38 days, 3 weeks quicker than Central Bedfordshire's median. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,949 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.
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Additional Information
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Planning constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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