2 Storehouse Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AB
Refused on 16 April 2024
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Insertion of dormer window to existing rear roofslope and window to existing second floor side elevation to facilitate conversion of loftspace into habitable accommodation.
- Received
- 8 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hitchin Highbury Ward Historic
- ReceivedReceived8 Mar
- ValidatedValidated8 Mar
- Consult.Consultation5 Apr
- TargetTarget Date3 May
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a dormer extension at 2 Storehouse Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9AB. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 2,228 applications in total for the SG4 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
- SG4 9AB
- Application type
- Full Permission Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 March 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 13 April 2024
- Consultation end
- 5 April 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 12 April 2024
- Last date for comments
- 13 April 2024
- Target decision date
- 3 May 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 April 2024
- Site notice end
- 12 April 2024
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- AP/24/00019/REF
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Appeal history
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Hitchin
- 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 (21)
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, 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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© 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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