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16 Ridge Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PN

23/01908/FPHFull Permission HouseholderRefused
Householder

Refused on 1 December 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey rear extension following demolition of lower rear eaves and shed

Received
11 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Letchworth East Ward Historic
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.16 Sep
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 16 Ridge Road Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1PN. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Letchworth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 4 other applications 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 1PN
Application type
Full Permission Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Letchworth Garden City

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2023
Consultation expiry
23 September 2023
Consultation end
16 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end
23 September 2023
Last date for comments
23 September 2023
Target decision date
27 October 2023
Decision issued
4 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Thomas Postlethwaite
Agent address
8 Woodland Way Baldock Herts SG7 6LR

Planning decision

Statutory period
77 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
23 September 2023
Site notice end
23 September 2023

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Letchworth
  • 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 (21)

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, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    11 Aug

    Single storey rear extension following demolition of lower rear eaves and shed

    This applicationRefusedFull23/01908/FPH
  2. 2023
    11 Aug

    Single storey rear extension following demolition of lower rear eaves and shed. Internal alterations

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside23/01909/LBC

Source: North Hertfordshire

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