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32 Sun Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AH

24/01641/ADAdvertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 20 July 2026

Council decision: Consent1 condition

Proposal

Installation of externally illuminated fascia sign and hanging sign. (Development already carried out).

Received
2 August 2024
Public comments
2
Ward
Hitchin Priory Ward
  1. Received2 Aug
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.30 Aug
  4. Target30 Sep
  5. Decided20 Jul

Decided in 717 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 32 Sun Street Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1AH. North Hertfordshire has handled 44 applications of this type. This one was decided in 717 days, 95 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 131 applications across Hitchin Priory Ward. We hold 1,992 applications in total for the SG5 postcode area.

91% of advertising 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 1AH
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2024
Consultation expiry
30 August 2024
Consultation end
30 August 2024
Last date for comments
30 August 2024
Target decision date
30 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Mr Michael Collins
Agent address
Suite 4a 30 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1LE

Planning decision

Case officer
Melissa Tyler
Statutory period
424 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13272047
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Hitchin
  • Listed building: Grade II: 31 and 32, Sun StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Brownfield land register: 2 - 8 Bucklersbury Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1BBRegister site at or near this address
  • 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 (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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