27 Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AB
Approved on 17 September 2024
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use from office to residential to create one 3-bed dwelling.
- Received
- 12 July 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 4
- Ward
- Royston Palace Ward
- ReceivedReceived12 Jul
- ValidatedValidated12 Jul
- Consult.Consultation16 Aug
- TargetTarget Date18 Sep
- DecidedDecided17 Sep
Decided in 67 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 27 Kneesworth Street Royston Hertfordshire SG8 5AB. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Royston conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Royston Palace Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 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
- SG8 5AB
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Royston Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 July 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 29 August 2024
- Consultation end
- 16 August 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 23 August 2024
- Last date for comments
- 29 August 2024
- Target decision date
- 18 September 2024
- Permission expires
- 17 September 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Allen Smith
- Agent address
- Fitzroy House 32 Market Place Swaffham PE37 7QH United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 68 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 24 August 2024
- Site notice end
- 29 August 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13236304
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Royston
- Listed building: Grade II: Barn, Former Stables Occupied By H Kerr, Motor Body Repairs Behind Number 31On or next to this site
- 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, 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.
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Source: North Hertfordshire
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