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48 - 52 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3EQ

24/00116/FPFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Conversion, extension and alterations to building involving three storey rear extension with basement parking for 11 cars and first floor glazed link between extension and existing building following demolition of two storey rear extension. Change of use of ground floor to include Use Classes A1, A3 (Restaurant) and D1 provision of 7 x 2 bedroom and 3 x 1 bedroom flats over. Insertion of 3 dormer windows and 3 roof lights in existing rear roof slope, raised ground floor terrace at rear and ancillary works.

Received
19 January 2024
Decision due
19 April 2024
Public comments
1
Ward
Letchworth South West Ward
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.17 Feb
  4. Target19 Apr
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 48 - 52 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3EQ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 19 January 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Letchworth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Letchworth South West Ward. 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 3EQ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Letchworth Garden City

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2024
Consultation expiry
24 February 2024
Consultation end
17 February 2024
Neighbour consultation end
24 February 2024
Last date for comments
24 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Andrew Hayward
Agent address
Business And Technology Centre Bessemer Drive Stevenage SG1 2DX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
24 February 2024
Site notice end
24 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12741895

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Letchworth
  • Listed building: Grade II: 52-58, Leys AvenueOn this site
  • Brownfield land register: 48-52 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3EQRegister 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.

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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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