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Unit 1 23 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3ED

23/02904/FPFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 19 March 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of Use of Pavement to External seating area to existing approved Class E(a)/E(b) (Shops/Restaurants & Cafes) unit.

Received
23 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Letchworth South West Historic
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided19 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Unit 1 23 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3ED. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Letchworth conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 3ED
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Letchworth Garden City

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2024
Consultation expiry
24 February 2024
Consultation end
16 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
23 February 2024
Last date for comments
24 February 2024
Target decision date
19 March 2024
Decision issued
20 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
John Bradley
Agent address
Foyle House Duncreggan Road Derry BT48 0AB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
24 February 2024
Site notice end
23 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12680746

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Letchworth
  • Brownfield land register: Garden Square Shopping Centre, Leys Avenue, LetchworthRegister 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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