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Churchfields Hitchin Road Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8TH

20/02105/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 January 2021

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of one detached 5-bed dwelling following demolition of existing swimming pool building.

Received
21 September 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
11
Ward
Knebworth Ward Historic
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated21 Sep
  3. Consult.25 Dec
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided25 Jan

Decided in 126 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Churchfields Hitchin Road Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8TH. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 11 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 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 8TH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Codicote Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 September 2020
Consultation expiry
25 December 2020
Consultation end
25 December 2020
Neighbour consultation end
25 December 2020
Last date for comments
25 December 2020
Target decision date
27 January 2021
Decision issued
26 January 2021
Permission expires
26 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Jonathan Read
Agent address
Pentangle Design Group Suite 1 21 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1JW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
128 days

Publicity

Site notice end
22 October 2020

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09070443
Documents
37

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (21)

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, 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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© 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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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    28 Apr

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    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionRelated21/01327/FP
  2. 2020
    21 Sep

    Erection of one detached 5-bed dwelling following demolition of existing swimming pool building.

    This applicationApprovedFull20/02105/FP

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