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42 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2TY

24/00918/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 October 2024

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of disabled parking bay and vehicular crossover (amended by plans received 10/09/24)

Received
7 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Hitchin Bearton Ward
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated7 May
  3. Consult.16 Oct
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 148 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 42 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2TY. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 14 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 119 applications across Hitchin Bearton Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 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
SG5 2TY
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 May 2024
Consultation expiry
16 October 2024
Consultation end
16 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end
13 June 2024
Last date for comments
16 October 2024
Target decision date
11 October 2024
Permission expires
2 October 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Ian Lawrence
Agent address
Devonshire Business Centre Works Road Letchworth Garden City SG6 1GJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
157 days

Publicity

Site notice end
13 June 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12981335
Documents
10

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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