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The White Horse Public House 22 - 24 High Street Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8RJ

21/01019/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 22 July 2021

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing rear shed, lean-to and rear portions of the property and construction of external annex to proposed dwelling. Various external and internal works to main building comprising various structural works, replacement floors and walls, subdivision and replacement of the main roof and existing windows and other internal alterations. Provision of entrance gate to carriage entrance.

Received
30 March 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
9
Ward
Kimpton Ward Historic
  1. Received30 Mar
  2. Validated30 Mar
  3. Consult.27 May
  4. Target25 May
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 114 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at The White Horse Public House 22 - 24 High Street Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8RJ. North Hertfordshire has handled 345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 9 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Kimpton conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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 8RJ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kimpton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 March 2021
Consultation expiry
27 May 2021
Consultation end
27 May 2021
Last date for comments
27 May 2021
Target decision date
25 May 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Michael Collins
Agent address
12 Purwell Lane Hitchin SG40NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
1 May 2021
Site notice end
7 May 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09156670
Documents
53

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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2021
    30 Mar

    Change of Use and conversion of former White Horse PH to a mixed use comprising a single residential dwelling…

    RefusedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside21/01018/FP
  2. 2021
    30 Mar

    Demolition of existing rear shed, lean-to and rear portions of the property and construction of external…

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent21/01019/LBC

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