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Smartys Day Nursery Burford Way Hitchin

08/01221/1Full Planning PermissionApproved
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Approved on 12 September 2008

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Siting of two prefabricated buildings linked to existing nursery for use as additional childcare and staff room facilities

Received
22 July 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hitchin Oughton Ward
  1. Received22 Jul
  2. Validated22 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Aug
  4. Target16 Sep
  5. Decided12 Sep

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Smartys Day Nursery Burford Way Hitchin. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 41 applications across Hitchin Oughton Ward.

92% of full applications at North Hertfordshire District Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 July 2008
Consultation expiry
26 August 2008
Consultation end
26 August 2008
Last date for comments
28 August 2008
Target decision date
16 September 2008
Permission expires
12 September 2011

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Green belt: North HertfordshirePart of the site
  • Local nature reserve: Oughtonhead CommonPart of the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions. Ask the council if these matter.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, 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.

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