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Land In Front Of 64-66 Old Hale Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XR

23/00332/TDTelecommunications DeterminationRefused

Refused on 3 April 2023

Council decision: Prior Approval RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Installation of 15m-high telecommunications monopole and 3no. ground-based equipment cabinets; and ancillary development thereto.

Received
10 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
70
Ward
Hitchin Bearton Ward Historic
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated10 Feb
  3. Consult.11 Mar
  4. Target6 Apr
  5. Decided3 Apr

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a telecoms application at Land In Front Of 64-66 Old Hale Way Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1XR. North Hertfordshire has handled 18 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

94% of all 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
SG5 1XR
Application type
Telecommunications Determination
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 February 2023
Consultation expiry
18 March 2023
Consultation end
11 March 2023
Neighbour consultation end
18 March 2023
Last date for comments
18 March 2023
Target decision date
6 April 2023
Decision issued
4 April 2023
Permission expires
4 April 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dalcour Maclaren
Agent address
1 Staplehurst Farm Weston on the Green OX25 3QU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11928922

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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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