1 Arena Parade Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3BY
Approved on 1 August 2024
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Replacement shopfront (Development has commenced).
- Received
- 20 June 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Letchworth South West Ward
- ReceivedReceived20 Jun
- ValidatedValidated20 Jun
- Consult.Consultation17 Jul
- TargetTarget Date15 Aug
- DecidedDecided1 Aug
Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 1 Arena Parade Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3BY. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Letchworth conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 155 applications across Letchworth South West Ward. We hold 910 applications in total for the SG6 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
- SG6 3BY
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Letchworth Garden City
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 June 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 27 July 2024
- Consultation end
- 17 July 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 24 July 2024
- Last date for comments
- 27 July 2024
- Target decision date
- 15 August 2024
- Permission expires
- 1 August 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Ben Younger
- Agent address
- 132-134 Hills Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cambridge CB2 8PA United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 27 July 2024
- Site notice end
- 24 July 2024
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Letchworth
- 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 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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Associated applications
- 202419 Aug
Alterations to approved shopfront (as non-material amendment to planning permission 24/01288/FP
ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment24/01854/NMA - 202420 Jun
Replacement shopfront (Development has commenced).
This applicationApprovedFull24/01288/FP
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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