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Foundation House Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1UD

24/00673/NMANon-Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 April 2024

Council decision: AgreedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

1. Replacement of grass strips in front of Block D&E with block work. 2. Reconfiguration of row of parking spaces at the rear of Block C to allow for a bigger communal rear entrance. 3. Relocation of an accessible parking space south of Block C to north of Block C. 4. Aligning of the Planting/Hedges southeast (rear) of block C with external wall to the entrance. 5. Relocation of block A 225mm to the West to allow for boundary clarification. 6. Block A cycles storage divided into two locations and hedges removed to right of entrance. 7. All block paving replaced with porous block paving. 8. Tarmac strip in front of Block A replaced with porous block paving in natural. 9. Block paving added to the top of external steps landing and above planters right of Block E. 10. External step finish changed to concrete. 11. Block A canopy to entrance, columns and planting bed to the East removed. 12. Reconfiguration of parking spaces and bin store size behind Block A to accommodate charging points and lighting columns. As non-material amendment to planning application 20/01714/FP granted on 14.06.2021 (amended by plans received 16/04/24)

Received
22 March 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Letchworth East Ward Historic
  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated22 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 May
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Foundation House Icknield Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 1UD. North Hertfordshire has handled 274 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 910 applications in total for the SG6 postcode area.

89% of amendment 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 1UD
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Letchworth Garden City

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 March 2024
Target decision date
3 May 2024
Permission expires
23 April 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Christopher Weir
Agent address
The Barn Butchers Wick Sewell Nr. Dunstable LU6 1RP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12917231
Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: LetchworthPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: Foundation House, Icknield Way, LetchworthRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • 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

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.

Source: North Hertfordshire

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