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The Old Rectory, Higham Road, Higham Gobion, Hitchin, SG5 3HR

CB/23/01499/FULLFull ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 21 July 2023

Council decision: Full Application - RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of a workshop outbuilding

Received
5 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received5 May
  2. Validated30 May
  3. Consult.19 Jul
  4. Target25 Jul
  5. Decided21 Jul

Decided in 52 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at The Old Rectory, Higham Road, Higham Gobion, Hitchin, SG5 3HR. Central Bedfordshire has handled 5,653 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 3 weeks longer than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 23 other applications at this address. We hold 1,991 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

82% of full 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 3HR
Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Shillington

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 May 2023
Consultation expiry
19 July 2023
Consultation start
30 May 2023
Consultation end
19 July 2023
Target decision date
25 July 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal date
4 December 2023
Appeal result
Planning Appeal Dismissed
Appeal decision date
17 May 2024

Appeal history

3330197
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 17 May 2024Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal
Green Belt

Additional information

Documents
45

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    5 May

    Erection of a workshop outbuilding

    This applicationRefusedFullCB/23/01499/FULL
  2. 2023
    5 May

    Listed Building: Erection of workshop outbuilding

    WithdrawnListed building consentFiled alongsideCB/23/01500/LB

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2022
    30 May

    Listed Building: Replacement of 9no. existing C20 casement windows to front and rear elevation of west end…

    ApprovedListed building consentCB/22/02193/LB
  2. 2020
    18 Aug

    Demolition of attached single storey garage; two storey front & side extensions (over part existing footprint…

    ApprovedListed building consentCB/20/02901/LB
  3. 2020
    18 Aug

    Non Material Amendment to Planning Permission CB/18/01965/Full

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentCB/20/02902/NMA
  4. 2020
    7 Feb

    Non - Material Amendment to Planning Permission CB/18/01965/Full

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentCB/20/00443/NMA
  5. 2020
    7 Feb

    Listed Building: Demolition of attached single storey garage; two storey front & side extensions (over part…

    ApprovedListed building consentCB/20/00444/LB
  6. 2019
    26 Sep

    Listed Building: Demolition of attached single storey garage; two storey front & side extensions; single…

    ApprovedListed building consentCB/19/03291/LB

Source: Central Bedfordshire

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