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Orange Tree Inn Norton Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5AW

23/01071/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 October 2023

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of existing detached single storey covered events space/petanque court and detached structure providing covered bench seats in rear garden.

Received
17 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
22
Ward
Baldock Town Ward Historic
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided5 Oct

Decided in 141 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Orange Tree Inn Norton Road Baldock Hertfordshire SG7 5AW. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 13 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 486 applications in total for the SG7 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
SG7 5AW
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Baldock

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2023
Consultation expiry
17 June 2023
Consultation end
10 June 2023
Neighbour consultation end
17 June 2023
Last date for comments
17 June 2023
Target decision date
29 September 2023
Permission expires
5 October 2026

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
135 days

Publicity

Site notice end
17 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-9331425
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Next to the site

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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Apr

    Erection of front porch following demolition of existing porch.

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission26/00919/FP

Source: North Hertfordshire

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