34 Benslow Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RE
Approved on 17 April 2025
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
Alterations to existing fenestration, infilling of two side windows and erection of detached garden room/store following demolition of existing rear detached garage/store. Alterations to existing chimney.
- Received
- 12 February 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hitchin Bearton Ward
- ReceivedReceived12 Feb
- ValidatedValidated12 Feb
- Consult.Consultation28 Mar
- TargetTarget Date18 Apr
- DecidedDecided17 Apr
Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for demolition at 34 Benslow Lane Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9RE. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Hitchin conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 118 applications across Hitchin Bearton 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 9RE
- Application type
- Full Permission Householder
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 February 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 29 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 28 March 2025
- Last date for comments
- 29 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 April 2025
- Decision issued
- 22 April 2025
- Permission expires
- 22 April 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Graham Peel
- Agent address
- 1 Coles Farm Chequers Lane Watford WD25 0GL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 65 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 29 March 2025
- Site notice end
- 28 March 2025
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 (21)
flood storage 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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Source: North Hertfordshire
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