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Greenacre Centre, Valerian Way, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4HG

CB/23/03926/NMANon-material Change to PermissionApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 December 2023

Council decision: Non-Material Amendment - GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/23/02269/FULL (Change of use from a multi-use hall for sport and community hire to a library and cafe with minor external alterations) amendment sought: Insertion of a glazed window into the wall of the secondary library entrance lobby. Repositioning of approved library signage on wall of the secondary library entrance lobby due to insertion of glazed window.

Received
5 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
  1. Received5 Dec
  2. Validated6 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jan
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 8 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Greenacre Centre, Valerian Way, Stotfold, Hitchin, SG5 4HG. Central Bedfordshire has handled 398 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 7 weeks quicker than Central Bedfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

86% of amendment 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 4HG
Application type
Non-material Change to Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Stotfold

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 December 2023
Consultation start
6 December 2023
Target decision date
3 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Priory House Monks Walk Chicksands Shefford, Bedfordshire SG17 5TQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
4

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 Dec

    Non-material amendment to planning permission CB/23/02269/FULL

    This applicationApprovedNon-material amendmentCB/23/03926/NMA
  2. 2023
    6 Jul

    Change of use from a multi-use hall for sport and community hire to a library and cafe with minor external…

    ApprovedFull ApplicationPart ofCB/23/02269/FULL

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