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Old School House Church Lane Great Wymondley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7ES

18/02377/FPHFull Permission HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 22 October 2018

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal and external alterations including enlarging existing rear extension at ground floor and to facilitate additional habitable accommodation at first floor level; removal of modern ceiling to expose original rafters to original school room and installation of conservation rooflights to front elevation roofslope, lowering of existing openings to install external doors to rear elevation, and remodelling of garage/workshop.

Received
5 September 2018
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Chesfield Ward Historic
Agent
Spirit: Architecture And Design Ltd
  1. Received5 Sep
  2. Validated5 Sep
  3. Consult.1 Oct
  4. Target31 Oct
  5. Decided22 Oct

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at Old School House Church Lane Great Wymondley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 7ES. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. The site is in the Great Wymondley conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 7ES
Application type
Full Permission Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Wymondley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 September 2018
Consultation expiry
18 October 2018
Consultation end
1 October 2018
Neighbour consultation end
1 October 2018
Last date for comments
18 October 2018
Target decision date
31 October 2018
Decision issued
23 October 2018
Permission expires
23 October 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Spirit: Architecture And Design Ltd
Agent address
121 Mercers Road Tufnell Park London N19 4PY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
18 October 2018
Site notice end
8 October 2018

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-07255656
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Great Wymondley
  • Listed building: Grade II: Old School HouseOn this site · +1 more
  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire
  • 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 (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

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© 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.

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Source: North Hertfordshire

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