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The Bothy Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JG

23/02725/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 10 September 2024

Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

External and internal alterations to existing outbuilding to include single storey side extension following demolition of existing extensions to facilitate conversion to one 2-bed dwelling.

Received
24 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Hitchwood Offa And Hoo Historic
Agent
Intouch Planning Ltd
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.27 Dec
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided10 Sep

Decided in 291 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at The Bothy Hexton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 3JG. North Hertfordshire has handled 345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 291 days, 35 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hexton conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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 3JG
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hexton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2023
Consultation expiry
6 January 2024
Consultation end
27 December 2023
Last date for comments
6 January 2024
Target decision date
11 September 2024
Permission expires
10 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Intouch Planning Ltd
Agent address
4 Ennismore Close Letchworth Garden City SG6 2SU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
292 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
6 January 2024
Site notice end
3 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12615515

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: HextonPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Hexton ManorOn this site · +2 more
  • Green belt: North Hertfordshire
  • Registered park and garden: Hexton Manor
  • National Landscape (AONB): Chilterns
  • 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 (17)

flood storage areas, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, 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.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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