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

24/00117/LBCListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 22 April 2025

Council decision: Conditional ConsentDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Internal and external alterations to facilitate conversion, extension and alterations to building involving three storey rear extension and first floor glazed link between extension and existing building following demolition of two storey rear extension. Insertion of 3 dormer windows and 3 roof lights in existing rear roof slope.

Received
19 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Letchworth South West Historic
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated19 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided22 Apr

Decided in 459 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 48 - 52 Leys Avenue Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3EQ. North Hertfordshire has handled 345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 459 days, 59 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Central conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 910 applications in total for the SG6 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
SG6 3EQ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Letchworth Garden City

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 January 2024
Consultation expiry
27 March 2024
Consultation end
27 March 2024
Last date for comments
27 March 2024
Target decision date
11 April 2025
Permission expires
22 April 2028

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period
448 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 at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Letchworth
  • Listed building: Grade II: 52-58, Leys AvenueOn or next to 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2024
    19 Jan

    Conversion, extension and alterations to building involving three storey rear extension with basement parking…

    PendingFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside24/00116/FP
  2. 2024
    19 Jan

    Internal and external alterations to facilitate conversion, extension and alterations to building involving…

    This applicationConditional ConsentListed building consent24/00117/LBC

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