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Saxon House 21 The Chilterns Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PP

24/01518/FPHFull Permission HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 16 September 2024

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replace existing brick piers to driveway entrance, widening of existing driveway entrance, replace existing block paving driveway with resin surface finish, associated landscaping, and replace existing front door.

Received
31 July 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hitchin Highbury Ward
  1. Received31 Jul
  2. Validated31 Jul
  3. Consult.28 Aug
  4. Target25 Sep
  5. Decided16 Sep

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Saxon House 21 The Chilterns Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9PP. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Hitchin Highbury Ward. 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 9PP
Application type
Full Permission Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 July 2024
Consultation expiry
7 September 2024
Consultation end
28 August 2024
Neighbour consultation end
4 September 2024
Last date for comments
7 September 2024
Target decision date
25 September 2024
Decision issued
17 September 2024
Permission expires
17 September 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Michael Collins
Agent address
12 Purwell Lane Hitchin SG4 0NE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
7 September 2024
Site notice end
4 September 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13223935
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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.

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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