5 - 9 Commerce Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3DN

24/01936/FPFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 13 January 2025

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Alterations to shopfront, removal of existing side elevation access doors and installation of No.17 AC condenser units to existing roof and elevations.

Received: 10 September 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: North Hertfordshire District Council
Ward: Letchworth South West Ward
Agent: Fisch Planning

ReceivedReceived10 Sep
ValidatedValidated10 Sep
Consult.Consultation5 Oct
TargetTarget Date16 Jan
DecidedDecided13 Jan

Decided in 125 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 5 - 9 Commerce Way Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 3DN. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 125 days, 11 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Letchworth conservation area. There has been 1 other application 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 3DN
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: Letchworth Garden City

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 September 2024
Consultation expiry: 12 October 2024
Consultation end: 5 October 2024
Neighbour consultation end: 12 October 2024
Last date for comments: 12 October 2024
Target decision date: 16 January 2025
Permission expires: 13 January 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent: Fisch Planning
Agent address: Unit 1 Heritage Business Centre Derby Road Belper DE56 1SW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 128 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 12 October 2024
Site notice end: 12 October 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13369699
Documents: 9

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Letchworth
Brownfield land register: Garden Square Shopping Centre, Leys Avenue, LetchworthRegister 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 (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Conditional ConsentAdvertisement consentFiled alongside24/01937/AD

Source: North Hertfordshire

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