4 Westbury Farm Close Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3FL
Approved on 31 October 2023
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Single storey rear extension
- Received
- 8 August 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Ward
- Hitchwood Offa And Hoo Historic
- ReceivedReceived8 Aug
- ValidatedValidated8 Aug
- Consult.Consultation2 Sep
- TargetTarget Date10 Nov
- DecidedDecided31 Oct
Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 4 Westbury Farm Close Offley Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3FL. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Great Offley conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. 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 3FL
- Application type
- Full Permission Householder
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Offley Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 August 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 9 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 2 September 2023
- Neighbour consultation end
- 9 September 2023
- Last date for comments
- 9 September 2023
- Target decision date
- 10 November 2023
- Permission expires
- 31 October 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Mark Scott
- Agent address
- Bancroft House 34 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LA
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 94 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 9 September 2023
- Site notice end
- 9 September 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12356377
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Great Offley
- Brownfield land register: Offley Stores, Luton Road, Offley, SG5 3DDRegister 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 (19)
flood storage areas, 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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