16 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JQ
Approved on 16 October 2024
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Use of existing rear hardstanding to outdoor seating area; installation of a metal awning box and retractable fabric awning and repainting of shopfront
- Received
- 6 September 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Hitchin Priory Ward
- ReceivedReceived6 Sep
- ValidatedValidated6 Sep
- Consult.Consultation29 Sep
- TargetTarget Date1 Nov
- DecidedDecided16 Oct
Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 16 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1JQ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.
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 1JQ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 September 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 6 October 2024
- Consultation end
- 29 September 2024
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 October 2024
- Last date for comments
- 6 October 2024
- Target decision date
- 1 November 2024
- Decision issued
- 17 October 2024
- Permission expires
- 17 October 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr James Baker
- Agent address
- Magdalen House 148 Tooley Street London SE1 2TU United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 October 2024
- Site notice end
- 6 October 2024
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13355351
Site constraints
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 (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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