Garden House 7 Alpine Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9DZ
Approved on 4 July 2025
Council decision: Conditional PermissionDelegated (officer decision)2 conditions
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Proposal
Insertion of rooflights to existing roof and insertion of second floor window to existing gable to facilitate conversion of loftspace into habitable accommodation, installation of photovoltaic panels to existing roof and replace existing cement render with silicone render.
- Received
- 26 March 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Ward
- Hitchin Highbury Ward
- ReceivedReceived26 Mar
- ValidatedValidated26 Mar
- Consult.Consultation7 May
- TargetTarget Date11 Jul
- DecidedDecided4 Jul
Decided in 100 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a solar installation at Garden House 7 Alpine Close Hitchin Hertfordshire SG4 9DZ. North Hertfordshire has handled 2,848 applications of this type. This one was decided in 100 days, 7 weeks longer than North Hertfordshire's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across Hitchin Highbury 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 9DZ
- Application type
- Full Permission Householder
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Hitchin
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 March 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 May 2025
- Consultation end
- 7 May 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 14 May 2025
- Last date for comments
- 17 May 2025
- Target decision date
- 11 July 2025
- Permission expires
- 4 July 2028
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Mr Jonathan Read
- Agent address
- Suite 1 21 Bancroft Hitchin SG5 1JW United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 107 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 May 2025
- Site notice end
- 14 May 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13716898
- Documents
- 9
Site constraints
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 (21)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Source: North Hertfordshire
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