55 Harkness Court Franklin Gardens Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BS
Approved on 13 October 2023
Council decision: Conditional PermissionPlanning committee
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Proposal
Excavation of front grassed area and formation hardstanding and associated works to facilitate two parking spaces
- Received
- 9 June 2023
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 5
- Ward
- Hitchin Walsworth Ward Historic
- ReceivedReceived9 Jun
- ValidatedValidated9 Jun
- Consult.Consultation12 Jul
- TargetTarget Date13 Oct
- DecidedDecided13 Oct
Decided in 126 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 55 Harkness Court Franklin Gardens Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 0BS. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 11 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 0BS
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 30 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 July 2023
- Last date for comments
- 30 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 13 October 2023
- Committee meeting
- 12 October 2023
- Decision issued
- 16 October 2023
- Permission expires
- 16 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Neil Philips
- Agent address
- Daneshill House Danestrete Stevenage Herts SG1 1HN United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 126 days
Publicity
- Site notice end
- 30 August 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12164185
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of 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.
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© 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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Source: North Hertfordshire
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