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78 Willowherb Way, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4GR

CB/23/00288/LDCPLawful Development Cert - ProposedApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 15 February 2023

Council decision: Lawful Dev - Proposed - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Lawful Development Certificate Proposed: Full width rear extension to ground floor. Insertion of window and French doors to side wall of garage.

Received
27 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided15 Feb

Decided in 16 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an outline application for a rear extension at 78 Willowherb Way, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4GR. Central Bedfordshire has handled 1,004 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 5 weeks quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,991 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

90% of outline applications at Central Bedfordshire Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SG5 4GR
Application type
Lawful Development Cert - Proposed
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stotfold

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2023
Consultation start
30 January 2023
Target decision date
27 March 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent address
90 Dunstable Street Ampthill Beds MK45 2JR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 1: Low 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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