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Standelfield Standhill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AE

23/00887/FPFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 6 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two detached four-bedroom dwellings together with associated vehicular access and car parking, private gardens, hard and soft landscaping, and private footpaths. External alterations to the existing dwelling including works to the existing two storey bay window on the south east facing elevation and the insertion of new windows to the south west and north east facing elevations. (Amended plans recieved 16.10.2023)

Received
27 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
7
Ward
Hitchin Highbury Ward Historic
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated27 Apr
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided6 Mar

Decided in 314 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Standelfield Standhill Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AE. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 314 days, 38 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 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
SG4 9AE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 April 2023
Consultation expiry
16 February 2024
Consultation end
16 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
11 November 2023
Last date for comments
16 February 2024
Target decision date
21 July 2023

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
85 days

Publicity

Site notice end
28 May 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/24/00012/REF
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3341389
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 18 October 2024Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12028430
Documents
45

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

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© 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.

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