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John Barker Place Freemans Close And Westmill Community Centre Westmill Hitchin

09/01423/1Full Planning PermissionWithdrawn
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Withdrawn on 24 March 2014

Planning committee

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Proposal

Phased regeneration of land comprising: John Barker Place: Relocation of basketball facilities and construction of new community and youth centres following demolition of existing shops and flats in John Barker Place and construction of new shops comprising one Class A1 (shop) unit and one Class A5 (takeaway) unit on alternative site in John Barker Place with 10 two-bedroom flats aboveExisting Community Centre and Car Park: provision of social housing consisting 15 two and three-bedroom houses together with associated landscaping and parking following demolition of existing community centreFreemans Close: replacement of existing flats with 18 one-bedroom flats, 5 two-bedroom houses, 7 three bedroom houses, 4 two/three bedroom houses as social housing for North Herts Homes following the demoliton of nos 1-36 Freemans Close (inclusive)

Received
27 July 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Hitchin Oughton Ward
Agent
Kyle Smart Associates Limited
  1. Received27 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.26 Aug
  4. Target21 Sep
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 1701 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at John Barker Place Freemans Close And Westmill Community Centre Westmill Hitchin. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 39 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
Medium
Number of dwellings
10
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 2009
Consultation expiry
26 August 2009
Consultation end
26 August 2009
Last date for comments
27 August 2009
Target decision date
21 September 2009
Committee meeting
8 October 2009

Applicant and agent

Agent
Kyle Smart Associates Limited
Agent address
The Barn Butchers Wick Sewell Near Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU6 1RP

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.

  • Brownfield land register: Land At 1-36 Freemans Close Hitchin HertfordshireRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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