65 Hermitage Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1DB
Approved on 20 July 2023
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of external heat pump unit to rear elevation of first floor office
- Received
- 25 April 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Hitchin Highbury Ward Historic
- ReceivedReceived25 Apr
- ValidatedValidated25 Apr
- Consult.Consultation5 Jul
- TargetTarget Date27 Jul
- DecidedDecided20 Jul
Decided in 86 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 65 Hermitage Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1DB. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 5 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. 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 1DB
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 April 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 5 July 2023
- Consultation end
- 5 July 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 June 2023
- Last date for comments
- 5 July 2023
- Target decision date
- 27 July 2023
- Decision issued
- 21 July 2023
- Permission expires
- 21 July 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 93 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 June 2023
- Site notice end
- 10 June 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12117474
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Hitchin
- 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, 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.
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Source: North Hertfordshire
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