23 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3ED
Approved on 19 October 2023
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from Class E (Shops) unit to mixed use Class E(a)/E(b) (Shops/Restaurants & Cafes) (as amended by plans received 4th September 2023 and 19th October 2023).
- Received
- 10 July 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 11
- Ward
- Letchworth South West Historic
- ReceivedReceived10 Jul
- ValidatedValidated10 Jul
- Consult.Consultation3 Aug
- TargetTarget Date20 Oct
- DecidedDecided19 Oct
Decided in 101 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 23 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3ED. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 7 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Letchworth conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 910 applications in total for the SG6 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
- SG6 3ED
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Letchworth Garden City
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 July 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 12 August 2023
- Consultation end
- 3 August 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 August 2023
- Last date for comments
- 12 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 20 October 2023
- Permission expires
- 19 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Adam Dixon
- Agent address
- 65 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 102 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 12 August 2023
- Site notice end
- 10 August 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12153864
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Letchworth
- Brownfield land register: Garden Square Shopping Centre, Leys Avenue, LetchworthRegister site at or near this address
- 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 (20)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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