4 - 5 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LH
Refused on 12 March 2025
Delegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of shopfront (Development already carried out).
- Received
- 23 December 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Hitchin Priory Ward
- Agent
- ARCHPL LTD
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated23 Dec
- Consult.Consultation30 Jan
- TargetTarget Date17 Mar
- DecidedDecided12 Mar
Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 4 - 5 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LH. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 4 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.
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 1LH
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 December 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 8 February 2025
- Consultation end
- 30 January 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 6 February 2025
- Last date for comments
- 8 February 2025
- Target decision date
- 17 March 2025
- Decision issued
- 13 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- ARCHPL LTD
- Architect profile
- ARCHPL LTD
- Agent address
- 400 West Green Road Haringey London N15 3PX
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 84 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 8 February 2025
- Site notice end
- 6 February 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13576956
- Documents
- 10
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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Associated applications
- 202423 Dec
Installation of shopfront (Development already carried out).
This applicationRefusedFull24/02806/FP - 202423 Dec
Installation of shopfront and internal alterations (Development already carried out).
RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside24/02807/LBC
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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