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217 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2UE

25/00680/FPHFull Permission HouseholderApproved
Householder

Approved on 20 May 2025

Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Single storey side extension following demolition of existing garage and shed. Insertion of front and rear dormer windows to create accommodation at first floor level. Replacement windows and alterations to existing roof. Installation of boundary wall and relocation of entrance gate to facilitate additional parking

Received
27 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Hitchin Oughton Ward
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated27 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Apr
  4. Target22 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 217 Bedford Road Hitchin Hertfordshire SG5 2UE. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 41 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 2UE
Application type
Full Permission Householder
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Hitchin

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 March 2025
Consultation expiry
27 April 2025
Neighbour consultation end
27 April 2025
Last date for comments
27 April 2025
Target decision date
22 May 2025
Decision issued
21 May 2025
Permission expires
21 May 2028

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mr Michael Collins
Agent address
Suite 4A 30 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1IE

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13840435
Comments
0

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    18 Aug

    Variation of condition 2 (revised plans) of planning permission reference 25/00680/FPH

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/01930/S73A
  2. 2025
    27 Mar

    Single storey side extension following demolition of existing garage and shed. Insertion of front and rear…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/00680/FPH

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