Land On The South Of Oughtonhead Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2NA
Approved on 22 April 2025
Council decision: Conditional PermissionPlanning committee20 conditions
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Proposal
Erection of 43 dwellings, access from Lower Innings, associated internal roads, parking, landscaping, amenity space and open space.
- Received
- 8 March 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 120
- Ward
- Hitchin Oughton Ward
- Agent
- DLA Town Planning Ltd
- ReceivedReceived8 Mar
- ValidatedValidated8 Mar
- Consult.Consultation25 Dec
- TargetTarget Date23 Apr
- DecidedDecided22 Apr
Decided in 776 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at Land On The South Of Oughtonhead Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2NA. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. There have been 16 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Hitchin Oughton Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 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
- SG5 2NA
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Large
- Number of dwellings
- 43
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 March 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 25 December 2024
- Consultation end
- 25 December 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 21 March 2024
- Last date for comments
- 31 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 23 April 2025
- Committee meeting
- 13 June 2024
- Decision issued
- 23 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 23 April 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- DLA Town Planning Ltd
- Agent address
- 5 The Gavel Centre Porters Wood St Albans AL3 6PQ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 777 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 22 April 2023
- Site notice end
- 21 April 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-11981759
- Documents
- 126
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Green belt: North HertfordshirePart of the site
- 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.
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Associated applications
- 202619 Oct
Amend approved plans to enable site layout changes (as non-material amendment to planning permission…
PendingNon-material amendmentAmendment26/02663/NMA - 202628 Aug
Condition 15 (Archaeological WSI) as details reserved by condition of planning permission 23/00563/FP
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/02172/DOC - 20266 Aug
Reduce the number of solar panels shown on the approved plans to two per dwelling across the development…
ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment26/01972/NMA - 202629 Jun
Removal of garden rooms to plots 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 24, 25, 39 and…
ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment26/01646/NMA - 202614 Apr
Removal of solar panels (as Non-Material Amendment to application reference 23/00563/FP
RefusedNon-material amendmentAmendment26/00973/NMA - 202523 Jun
Details reserved by Condition 18 (Surface Water Management Plan) of planning permission reference 23/00563/FP
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01636/DOC - 202518 Jun
Details reserved by Condition 11 (Construction Traffic Management Plan) of planning permission reference…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01550/DOC - 20255 Jun
Details reserved by Condition 16 (SWMP) of planning permission reference 23/00563/FP
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01470/DOC - 20251 May
Details reserved by condition 20 (Surface Water Drainage Network) of planning permission reference no…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01179/DOC - 202529 Apr
Details reserved by condition 6 (Preliminary Environmental Risk Assessment) of planning permission reference…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01160/DOC - 202529 Apr
Details reserved by condition 17 (Fire Hydrants) of planning permission reference no 23/00563/FP
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01166/DOC - 202529 Apr
Details reserved by condition 7 (Detailed Technical Plans) of planning permission reference no 23/00563/FP
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01168/DOC - 20238 Mar
Erection of 43 dwellings, access from Lower Innings, associated internal roads, parking, landscaping, amenity…
This applicationApprovedFull23/00563/FP - 20237 Mar
Creation of access from Lower Innings to Land south of Oughtonhead Lane
ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside23/00555/FP
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202511 Dec
A statutory consultation made under section 8(3) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (WIA91) to grant Independent…
ApprovedNHC Consultee25/03137/NHC - 202526 Jun
Application for the discharge of Planning Obligation under S106A of the TCPA 1990 Open Space Management Scheme
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/01795/S106A - 202324 Aug
Details reserved by Condition 3 (Detailed technical plans) of planning permission reference 23/00555/FP
PendingDischarge of conditions23/01888/DOC
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