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Kimpton Methodist Church The Green Kimpton Hitchin SG4 8RZ

10/02109/1Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 December 2010

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of Methodist Church (D1) to one four bedroom dwelling following demolition of rear hall area, lobby and kitchen. Insert first floor mezzanines and a second floor in the main church building and convert former school room/vestry into a 'conservatory'. Installation of photovoltaic and solar heating panels and 3no. rooflights to south facing roofslope and 4no. rooflights to north facing roofslope, of main church building and installation of 3no. rooflights to south facing roofslope of former school room/vestry. Provision of external lighting, re-cycling, motorcycle and bike storage areas (as amended by plans received 25th and 30th November and 7th December 2010).

Received
16 August 2010
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Kimpton Ward
  1. Received16 Aug
  2. Validated14 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Nov
  4. Target9 Nov
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 93 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Kimpton Methodist Church The Green Kimpton Hitchin SG4 8RZ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 10 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Kimpton conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.

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

Postcode
SG4 8RZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kimpton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 September 2010
Consultation expiry
1 November 2010
Consultation end
1 November 2010
Last date for comments
1 November 2010
Target decision date
9 November 2010
Decision issued
17 December 2010
Permission expires
15 December 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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, 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

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Source: North Hertfordshire

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