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2 Orchard Way Breachwood Green Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8NT

24/02640/FPHFull Permission HouseholderRefused
Householder

Refused on 10 March 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Single storey front and rear extensions and hard landscaping works. Provision of 1 parking space and widening of existing vehicular access

Received
2 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Hitchwood Ward
  1. Received2 Dec
  2. Validated2 Dec
  3. Consult.1 Mar
  4. Target7 Mar
  5. Decided10 Mar

Decided in 98 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 2 Orchard Way Breachwood Green Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8NT. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 7 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hitchwood 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 8NT
Application type
Full Permission Householder
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Kings Walden Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 December 2024
Consultation expiry
1 March 2025
Consultation end
1 March 2025
Neighbour consultation end
4 January 2025
Last date for comments
1 March 2025
Target decision date
7 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Jonathan Read
Agent address
Suite 1 21 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1JW United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
95 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
4 January 2025
Site notice end
4 January 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13572677

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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