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Bramble Bank Bedford Road Holwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RX

23/01752/FPFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 11 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of two detached 5-bed dwellings together with associated access drive, car parking, private gardens, hard and soft landscaping following the demolition of all existing detached structures

Received
4 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
6
Ward
Cadwell Ward Historic
  1. Received4 Aug
  2. Validated4 Aug
  3. Consult.23 Nov
  4. Target29 Sep
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 220 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Bramble Bank Bedford Road Holwell Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3RX. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 220 days, 24 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 3RX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Holwell Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 August 2023
Consultation expiry
23 November 2023
Consultation end
23 November 2023
Neighbour consultation end
8 September 2023
Last date for comments
23 November 2023
Target decision date
29 September 2023
Decision issued
12 March 2024

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
8 September 2023

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/24/00023/REF
Appeal result
Appeal Allowed

Appeal history

3348198
Allowed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 8 January 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12310011

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    11 May

    Variation of Conditions 2, 4, 6, 7 and 9 of planning permission reference 23/01752/FP

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/01203/S73
  2. 2023
    4 Aug

    Erection of two detached 5-bed dwellings together with associated access drive, car parking, private gardens…

    This applicationRefusedFull23/01752/FP

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