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Rectory Cottage Hexton Road Lilley Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LU

23/00148/FPHFull Permission HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 31 March 2023

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of existing outbuilding from office and store to residential 1-bed annex ancillary to the main dwelling

Received
23 January 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hitchwood Offa And Hoo Historic
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target3 Apr
  5. Decided31 Mar

Decided in 67 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at Rectory Cottage Hexton Road Lilley Luton Hertfordshire LU2 8LU. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 966 applications in total for the LU2 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
LU2 8LU
Application type
Full Permission Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Lilley Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2023
Consultation expiry
26 February 2023
Consultation end
19 February 2023
Neighbour consultation end
26 February 2023
Last date for comments
26 February 2023
Target decision date
3 April 2023
Decision issued
3 April 2023
Permission expires
3 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Kark Myhill
Agent address
Holly Lodge Holt Road Wood Norton Dereham NR20 5AY

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
25 February 2023
Site notice end
26 February 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11860759
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Rectory CottageOn this site
  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • 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, conservation 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, 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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