2 Oakfields Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7FB
Approved on 13 May 2025
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Erection of rear garden room.
- Received
- 21 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Hitchwood Ward
- ReceivedReceived21 Mar
- ValidatedValidated21 Mar
- Consult.Consultation27 Apr
- TargetTarget Date16 May
- DecidedDecided13 May
Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an outbuilding at 2 Oakfields Preston Hertfordshire SG4 7FB. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in the Preston conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 71 applications across Hitchwood 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 7FB
- Application type
- Full Permission Householder
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Preston Parish Council
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 4 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 27 April 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 4 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 4 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 16 May 2025
- Decision issued
- 14 May 2025
- Permission expires
- 14 May 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Charles Speakman
- Agent address
- 8 Broadmeadow Ride Hitchin SG4 7ST United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 4 May 2025
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Preston
- 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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