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Eshacrin New Inn Road Hinxworth Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5HE

21/02104/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 December 2021

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of replacement workshop building incorporating standard lift bay and Class 4 MOT bay (for use for a mixed use of car repairs (Use Class B2) and MOT Testing Station (Sui-Generis) following the demolition of the existing. Change of use of part of the existing residential garden to use for the storage of cars in association with the existing car repairs business together with the laying of hardstanding and the erection of new 1.8m high fencing.

Received
9 July 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Arbury Ward Historic
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.11 Aug
  4. Target3 Sep
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 146 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Eshacrin New Inn Road Hinxworth Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5HE. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 146 days, 14 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. We hold 486 applications in total for the SG7 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
SG7 5HE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hinxworth Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2021
Consultation expiry
18 August 2021
Consultation end
11 August 2021
Last date for comments
18 August 2021
Target decision date
3 September 2021
Permission expires
2 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Tom Donovan
Agent address
Nine Hills Road Cambridge CB2 1GE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
18 August 2021

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-09998444
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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

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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