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Vanstone Park Garden Centre Hitchin Road Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8TH

20/02758/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 January 2021

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Erection of toilet block and covered canopy plant display

Received
30 November 2020
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Knebworth Ward Historic
  1. Received30 Nov
  2. Validated30 Nov
  3. Consult.24 Dec
  4. Target25 Jan
  5. Decided25 Jan

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Vanstone Park Garden Centre Hitchin Road Codicote Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8TH. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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
Small
Parish
Codicote Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 November 2020
Consultation expiry
31 December 2020
Consultation end
24 December 2020
Neighbour consultation end
24 December 2020
Last date for comments
31 December 2020
Target decision date
25 January 2021
Decision issued
26 January 2021
Permission expires
26 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address
56 High Street Whitwell Herts SG4 8AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
31 December 2020

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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