25 Milestone Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2SZ
Approved on 23 June 2025
Council decision: Conditional PermissionPlanning committee7 conditions
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Proposal
Change of use of dwelling to registered residential children's home (C2) to accommodate 3 children with 24hr care staff (amended plans received 6 April 2025)
- Received
- 3 February 2025
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 17
- Ward
- Hitchin Oughton Ward
- ReceivedReceived3 Feb
- ValidatedValidated3 Feb
- Consult.Consultation10 Apr
- TargetTarget Date27 Jun
- DecidedDecided23 Jun
Decided in 140 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 25 Milestone Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2SZ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 13 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 39 applications across Hitchin Oughton 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 2SZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 11 April 2025
- Consultation end
- 10 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 11 April 2025
- Last date for comments
- 11 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 27 June 2025
- Committee meeting
- 19 June 2025
- Permission expires
- 23 June 2028
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 144 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13664388
- Documents
- 18
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20247 Aug
Use of garage as a habitable room and use of existing house for the provision of care to no more than 3 young…
ApprovedLawful Development Certificate Proposed24/01760/LDCP - 202417 Jun
Change of use of existing dwelling to children's home (under Class C3b) and conversion of garage into…
RefusedLawful Development Certificate Proposed24/01308/LDCP - 20214 Oct
Erection of attached front elevation garage
RefusedHouseholder21/02188/FPH - 200427 May
Single storey front extension and porch, rear conservatory and first floor side extension
ApprovedHouseholder04/00875/1HH
Source: North Hertfordshire
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