Land To The Rear Of Banyers Hotel King James Way Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7BZ
Approved on 15 April 2026
Council decision: Conditional Permission
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Proposal
Residential development to provide 9 flats with associated vehicular parking and access via existing dropped kerb from King James Way with ancillary bike and refuse store.
- Received
- 29 January 2025
- Ward
- Royston Palace Ward
- ReceivedReceived29 Jan
- ValidatedValidated29 Jan
- Consult.Consultation13 Mar
- TargetTarget Date17 Apr
- DecidedDecided15 Apr
Decided in 441 days
About this application
This is a planning application at Land To The Rear Of Banyers Hotel King James Way Royston Hertfordshire SG8 7BZ. North Hertfordshire has handled 6,871 applications of this type. This one was decided in 441 days, 56 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Royston conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Royston Palace Ward. We hold 2,703 applications in total for the SG8 postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- SG8 7BZ
- Parish
- Royston Town Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 29 January 2025
- Consultation end
- 13 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 16 April 26
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Architect profile
- BARKER ASSOCIATES (ESSEX) LIMITED
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Anne McDonald
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Royston
- 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.
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.
Source: North Hertfordshire
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