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Land To The Rear Of 18 Victoria Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2LS

24/00839/OPOutline ApplicationRefused
Outline / PiP

Refused on 6 June 2024

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of one detached one bedroom dwelling with all matters reserved

Received
15 April 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
17
Ward
Hitchin Priory Ward Historic
  1. Received15 Apr
  2. Validated15 Apr
  3. Consult.15 May
  4. Target10 Jun
  5. Decided6 Jun

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Land To The Rear Of 18 Victoria Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2LS. North Hertfordshire has handled 456 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

86% of outline 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
SG5 2LS
Application type
Outline Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 April 2024
Consultation expiry
22 May 2024
Consultation end
15 May 2024
Neighbour consultation end
22 May 2024
Last date for comments
22 May 2024
Target decision date
10 June 2024
Decision issued
7 June 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Terry White
Agent address
5 Woodlands Court Hoddesdon EN11 0QE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
22 May 2024

Appeal

Appeal reference
AP/24/00037/REF
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Appeal history

3356650
Dismissed
Type: Planning AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 15 May 2025Dev Type: Minor DwellingsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12974799

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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