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22 High Street Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8RJ

25/00090/FPFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 20 June 2025

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use and conversion of former White Horse PH to a mixed use comprising a single residential dwelling (Use Class C3), and micropub (Sui Generis). Demolition of the existing rear shed, lean-to, and rear portions of the property prior to the erection of catslide rear addition and external annexe for ancillary accommodation to dwelling. Structural works, replacement floors walls, subdivision, replacement of the main roof and existing windows, internal alterations and servicing.

Received
13 January 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
96
Ward
Codicote And Kimpton Ward
Agent
Michael Collins Architect llp
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target10 Mar
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 158 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 22 High Street Kimpton Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 8RJ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 158 days, 16 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Kimpton conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 53 applications across Codicote And Kimpton 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 8RJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Kimpton Parish Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2025
Consultation expiry
27 June 2025
Consultation end
27 June 2025
Neighbour consultation end
5 March 2025
Last date for comments
27 June 2025
Target decision date
10 March 2025
Decision issued
23 June 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Michael Collins Architect llp
Agent address
suite 4a 30 bancroft Hitchin SG51LE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
8 March 2025
Site notice end
5 March 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13671741
Documents
64

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    13 Jan

    Change of use and conversion of former White Horse PH to a mixed use comprising a single residential dwelling…

    This applicationRefusedFull25/00090/FP
  2. 2025
    13 Jan

    Internal and external alterations to facilitate the change of use and conversion of former White Horse PH to…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside25/00091/LBC

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