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4 - 5 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LH

24/02807/LBCListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 12 March 2025

Delegated (officer decision)1 reason for refusal

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Proposal

Installation of shopfront and internal alterations (Development already carried out).

Received
23 December 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Hitchin Priory Ward
Agent
ARCHPL LTD
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.30 Jan
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 79 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 4 - 5 Bancroft Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 1LH. North Hertfordshire has handled 345 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.

93% of heritage 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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Why it was refused

  1. The development is considered to occasion less than substantial harm to the significance of the Grade II Listed Building. The harm identified is not outweighed by any public benefits of the scheme. Therefore, the development fails to satisfy Section 16(2) and 72(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, Section 16 of the National Planning Policy Framework and the aims of Policy HE1 of the North Hertfordshire Local Plan 2011-2031. _ North Hertfordshire District Council CM -_ - Council Offices — Pt i _ Gernon Road Letchworth Shaun Greaves noe JF Development and Conservation Manager

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
SG5 1LH
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2024
Consultation expiry
8 February 2025
Consultation end
30 January 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 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

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Hitchin
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2-5, BancroftOn this site · +1 more
  • 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2024
    23 Dec

    Installation of shopfront (Development already carried out).

    RefusedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside24/02806/FP
  2. 2024
    23 Dec

    Installation of shopfront and internal alterations (Development already carried out).

    This applicationRefusedListed building consent24/02807/LBC

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