25 Nightingale Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QU
Approved on 15 July 2024
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Demolition of the existing hostel and erection of a new hostel (sui generis), providing 23 ensuite bedrooms and support facilities, cycle parking, refuse storage, a revised pedestrian bridge over the River Hiz, footpath widening works and landscaping (as amended by plans received 14th February and 18th March 2024)
- Received
- 30 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 23
- Ward
- Hitchin Bearton Ward Historic
- ReceivedReceived30 Nov
- ValidatedValidated30 Nov
- Consult.Consultation18 Jul
- TargetTarget Date15 Jul
- DecidedDecided15 Jul
Decided in 228 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 25 Nightingale Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1QU. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 228 days, 26 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded 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 1QU
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 30 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 18 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 18 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 10 March 2024
- Last date for comments
- 25 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 15 July 2024
- Committee meeting
- 13 June 2024
- Permission expires
- 15 July 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Louise Morton
- Agent address
- The Office 14 Harcourt Close Henley on Thames OXON RG9 1UZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 228 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 January 2024
- Site notice end
- 11 January 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12593507
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
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.
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Source: North Hertfordshire
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